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| 5 | Galatians |
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For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. | |
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Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. | Christian Freedom Ga.5.2-15 |
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I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. | |
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You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. | |
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For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness. | |
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love. | |
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You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? | |
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This persuasion is not from him who calls you. | |
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A little leaven leavens the whole lump. | |
| 10 |
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. | |
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But if I, brethren, still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. | |
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I wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves! | |
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For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. | |
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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." | - You shall love your neighbour as yourself. Ga.5.14 - Lv.19.18 |
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But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another. | |
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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. | The Fruit of the Spirit and the Works of the Flesh Ga.5.16-26 |
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For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would. | |
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But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law. | |
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Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, | |
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idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, | |
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envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. | |
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, | |
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gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. | |
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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. | |
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If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. | |
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Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. | |
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