1 Christian Liberty Phil. 4:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a Acts 15:10; Gal. 2:4 yoke of bondage.
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that Acts 15:1; Gal. 5:3, 6, 11 if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised (Deut. 27:26; Rom. 2:25; Gal. 3:10) that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
4 (Rom. 9:31) You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; Heb. 12:15;2 Pet. 3:17 you have fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly Rom. 8:24 wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For (1 Cor. 7:19; Gal. 6:15; Col. 3:11) in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but Col. 1:4;1 Thess. 1:3; (James 2:18, 20, 22) faith working through love.
7 Love Fulfills the Law You 1 Cor. 9:24 ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.
9 1 Cor. 5:6 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, 1 Cor. 15:30 why do I still suffer persecution? Then Rom. 9:33; (1 Cor. 1:23) the offense of the cross has ceased.
12 Josh. 7:25 I could wish that those Acts 15:1, 2 who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (Rom. 8:2); 1 Cor. 8:9; Gal. 5:1 do not use liberty as an Rom. 6:1;1 Pet. 2:16 opportunity for the flesh, but 1 Cor. 9:19; Eph. 5:21 through love serve one another.
14 For Matt. 7:12; 22:40; Rom. 13:8, 10; Gal. 6:2 all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:39; Rom. 13:9 “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
16 Walking in the Spirit I say then: Rom. 6:12 Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For Rom. 7:18, 22, 23; 8:5 the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, Rom. 7:15 so that you do not do the things that you wish.
18 But (Rom. 6:14; 7:4; 8:14;1 Tim. 1:9) if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now Rom. 1:26–31; Eph. 5:3, 11;2 Tim. 3:2–4 the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that 1 Cor. 6:9, 10 those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But (John 15:2) the fruit of the Spirit is (Rom. 5:1–5;1 Cor. 13:4; Col. 3:12–15) love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, Rom. 15:14 goodness, 1 Cor. 13:7 faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. 1 Tim. 1:9 Against such there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ’s Rom. 6:6; (Gal. 2:20; 6:14) have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 (Rom. 8:4, 5) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Phil. 2:3 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.