| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. | 1For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery. |
| 2Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. | 2Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! |
| 3I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. | 3And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. |
| 4You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. | 4You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace! |
| 5For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. | 5For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness. |
| 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. | 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight--the only thing that matters is faith working through love. |
| 7You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? | 7You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth? |
| 8This persuasion is not from him who calls you. | 8This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you! |
| 9A little leaven leavens the whole lump. | 9A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise! |
| 10I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. | 10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. |
| 11But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. | 11Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. |
| 12I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves! | 12I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves! |
| 13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. | 13For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. |
| 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | 14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself." |
| 15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. | 15However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. |
| 16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. | 16But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. |
| 17For 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 keep you from doing the things you want to do. | 17For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want. |
| 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. | 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
| 19Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, | 19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, |
| 20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, | 20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, |
| 21envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. | 21envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! |
| 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, | 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
| 23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. | 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. |
| 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. | 24Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. |
| 25If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. | 25If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit. |
| 26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. | 26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another. |
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