| 1 ¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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| 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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| 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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| 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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| 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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| 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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| 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you1 that ye should not obey the truth?
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| 8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
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| 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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| 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
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| 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
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| 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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| 13 ¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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| 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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| 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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| 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye2 shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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| 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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| 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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| 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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| 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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| 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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| 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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| 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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| 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections3 and lusts.
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| 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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| 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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