'For freedom2Christ4has set5us3free;5stand firm6therefore,7and8donot9submit13again10to a yoke11of slavery.12 Look:1I,2Paul,3say4to you5that6if7you accept circumcision,8Christ9will be of12no11advantage12to you.10 I testify1again3to every4man5who accepts circumcision6that7he is9obligated8to keep13the11whole10law.12 You are severed1from2Christ,3you7who4would be justified7by5the law;6you have fallen away from10grace.9 For2through the Spirit,3by4faith,5we ourselves1eagerly wait8for the hope6of righteousness.7 For2in1Christ3Jesus4neither5circumcision6nor9uncircumcision10counts8for anything,7but only11faith12working15through13love.14 You were running1well.2Who3hindered5you4from8obeying9the6truth?7 This1persuasion2isnot3from4him5who calls6you.7 A little1leaven2leavens6the4whole3lump.5 I1have confidence2in5the Lord6that7you will take10no8other9view,10and12the one11who is troubling13you14will bear15the16penalty,17whoever1819he is.20 But2if4I,1brothers,3still6preach7circumcision,5why8am I10still9being persecuted?10In that case11the13offense14of the15cross16has been removed.12 I wish1those4who unsettle5you6would emasculate themselves!3 For2you1were called5to3freedom,4brothers.6Only7donot8use yourfreedom10as11an opportunity12for the13flesh,14but15through16love18serve19one another.20 For2the1whole3law4is fulfilled8in5one6word:7“You shall love11your14neighbor13as15yourself.”16 But2if1you bite4and5devour6one another,3watch out7thatyou are11not8consumed11by9one another.10 But2I say,1walk4by the Spirit,3and5you will10not89gratify10the desires6of the flesh.7 For2thedesires of4the1flesh3are4against5the6Spirit,7and9the desires ofthe8Spirit10areagainst11the12flesh,13for15these14are opposed17to each other,16to keep you from doing181924the things23you want22to do. But2if1you are led4by the Spirit,3you are6not5under7the law.8 Now2the4works5of the6flesh7are3evident:1sexual immorality,10impurity,11sensuality,12 idolatry,1sorcery,2enmity,3strife,4jealousy,5fits of anger,6rivalries,7dissensions,8divisions,9 envy,1drunkenness,2orgies,3and4things5like6these.7I warn9you,10as11I warned you before,12that13those14who do17such things16will21not20inherit21the kingdom18of God.19 But2the1fruit3of the4Spirit5is6love,7joy,8peace,9patience,10kindness,11goodness,12faithfulness,13 gentleness,1self-control;2against3such things5there is7no6law.8 And2those1who[belong to] Christ4Jesus5have crucified8the6flesh7with9itspassions11and12desires.14 If1we live2by the Spirit,3let us6also5keep in step6with the Spirit.4 Let us2not1become2conceited,3provoking5one another,4envying7one another.6