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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Galatians 5 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/galatians/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/galatians/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Galatians 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../galatians/4.htm" title="Galatians 4">◄</a> Galatians 5 <a href="../galatians/6.htm" title="Galatians 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/galatians/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Christ Has Set Us Free</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or counted righteous">a</a></sup></span> by the law; you have fallen away from grace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This persuasion is not from him who calls you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A little leaven leavens the whole lump. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But if I, brothers,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13">b</a></sup></span> still preach<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek proclaim">c</a></sup></span> circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.</p> <p class="heading">Keep in Step with the Spirit</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>envy,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts add murder">d</a></sup></span> drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or make a practice of doing">e</a></sup></span> such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/galatians/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>counted righteous</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i>; also verse 13<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Greek <i>proclaim</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Some manuscripts add <i>murder</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>make a practice of doing</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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