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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage
(5:1)
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing
(5:2)
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law
(5:3)
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace
(5:4)
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith
(5:5)
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love
(5:6)
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
(5:7)
This persuasion [cometh] not of him that calleth you
(5:8)
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump
(5:9)
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
(5:10)
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased
(5:11)
I would they were even cut off which trouble you
(5:12)
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another
(5:13)
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
(5:14)
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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another
(5:15)
[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh
(5:16)
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
(5:17)
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law
(5:18)
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
(5:19)
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
(5:20)
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
(5:21)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(5:22)
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Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
(5:23)
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And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts
(5:24)
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit
(5:25)
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another
(5:26)
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