Freedom in Christ 2 CPDV Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. BSB BSB: Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
3 CPDV For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire law. BSB BSB: Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
4 CPDV You are being emptied of Christ, you who are being justified by the law. You have fallen from grace. BSB BSB: You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
5 CPDV For in spirit, by faith, we await the hope of justice. BSB BSB: But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
7 CPDV You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth? BSB BSB: You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
8 CPDV This kind of influence is not from him who is calling you. BSB BSB: Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
9 CPDV A little leaven corrupts the whole mass. BSB BSB: A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
10 CPDV I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will accept nothing of the kind. However, he who disturbs you shall bear the judgment, whomever he may be. BSB BSB: I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
11 CPDV And as for me, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still suffering persecution? For then the scandal of the Cross would be made empty. BSB BSB: Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
12 CPDV And I wish that those who disturb you would be torn away. BSB BSB: As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
13 CPDV For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit. BSB BSB: For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
14 CPDV For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” BSB BSB: The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 CPDV But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another! BSB BSB: But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
Walking by the Spirit (Ezekiel 36:16–38; Romans 8:9–11)
16 CPDV So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. BSB BSB: So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 CPDV For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want. BSB BSB: For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
18 CPDV But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. BSB BSB: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 CPDV Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, BSB BSB: The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
20 CPDV the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, BSB BSB: idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
21 CPDV envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God. BSB BSB: and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 CPDV But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance, BSB BSB: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 CPDV meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things. BSB BSB: gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 CPDV For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires. BSB BSB: Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 CPDV If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit. BSB BSB: Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
26 CPDV Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another. BSB BSB: Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
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