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therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision [as a supposed requirement of salvation], Christ will be of no benefit to you [for you will lack the faith in Christ that is necessary for salvation]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Once more I solemnly affirm to every man who receives circumcision [as a supposed requirement of salvation], that he is under obligation <i>and</i> required to keep the whole Law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated <i>and</i> expressed <i>and</i> working through love. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You were running [the race] well; who has interfered <i>and</i> prevented you from obeying the truth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This [deceptive] persuasion is not from Him who called you [to freedom in Christ]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A little <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view [contrary to mine on the matter]; but the one who is disturbing you, whoever he is, will have to bear the penalty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But as for me, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I wish that those who are troubling you [by teaching that circumcision is necessary for salvation] would even [go all the way and] castrate themselves! <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom <i>become</i> an opportunity for the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>love serve <i>and</i> seek the best for one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is fulfilled in one precept, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF [that is, you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I say, walk <i>habitually</i> in the [Holy] Spirit [seek Him and be responsive to His guidance], and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>sinful nature [which responds impulsively without regard for God and His precepts]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the [desire of the] Spirit opposes the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>sinful nature; for these [two, the sinful nature and the Spirit] are in direct opposition to each other [continually in conflict], so that you [as believers] do not [always] do whatever [good things] you want to do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But if you are guided <i>and</i> led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now the practices of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>sinful nature are <i>clearly</i> evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control), <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>idolatry, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and <i>other</i> things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>sinful nature together with its passions and appetites. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage--our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>We must not become conceited, challenging <i>or</i> provoking one another, envying one another.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> See note 2:16.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Leaven (yeasty dough) represents the man-made tradition and false teachings that obscure the truth regarding salvation through personal belief and faith in Christ.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>brethren</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Paul’s opponents in Galatia were trying to support their own arguments for circumcision by claiming that Paul was actually in favor of it. They probably knew that he had circumcised Timothy (Acts 16:3) and were taking advantage of that fact.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>flesh</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word <i>agape)</i> is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>flesh</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>flesh</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>flesh</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Including prostitution, which was often part of pagan ritual.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Including such things as occult practices, witchcraft, worship of evil powers, drug-induced trances.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>flesh</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../galatians/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Galatians 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Galatians 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../galatians/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Galatians 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Galatians 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>