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| Galatians 5:1 | For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. | Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. | Christ having made us gloriously free stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery. |
| Galatians 5:2 | Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. | Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. | Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing. |
| Galatians 5:3 | Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. | For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. | I once more protest to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law of Moses. |
| Galatians 5:4 | Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace. | Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. | Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace. |
| Galatians 5:5 | For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. | For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. | *We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith. |
| Galatians 5:6 | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. | For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love. |
| Galatians 5:7 | Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? | Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? | You were running the race nobly! Who has interfered and caused you to swerve from the truth? |
| Galatians 5:8 | This persuasion [came] not of him that calleth you. | This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. | No such teaching ever proceeded from Him who is calling you. |
| Galatians 5:9 | A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. | A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. | A little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough. |
| Galatians 5:10 | I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. | 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. | For my part I have strong confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt my view of the matter. But the man be he who he may who is troubling you, will have to bear the full weight of the judgement to be pronounced on him. |
| Galatians 5:11 | But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away. | And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. | As for me, brethren, if I am still a preacher of circumcision, how is it that I am still suffering persecution? In that case the Cross has ceased to be a stumbling-block! |
| Galatians 5:12 | I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision. | I would they were even cut off which trouble you. | Would to God that those who are unsettling your faith would even mutilate themselves. |
| Galatians 5:13 | For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. | For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. | You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love. |
| Galatians 5:14 | For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. | For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. | For the entire Law has been obeyed when you have kept the single precept, which says, "You are to love your fellow man equally with yourself." |
| Galatians 5:15 | But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. | But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. | But if you are perpetually snarling and snapping at one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another. |
| Galatians 5:16 | But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. | This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. | This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures. |
| Galatians 5:17 | For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. | 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. | For the cravings of the lower nature are opposed to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are opposed to those of the lower nature; because these are antagonistic to each other, so that you cannot do everything to which you are inclined. |
| Galatians 5:18 | But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. | But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. | But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not subject to Law. |
| Galatians 5:19 | Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, | Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, | Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery; |
| Galatians 5:20 | idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, | Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, | enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings; |
| Galatians 5:21 | envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. | 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. | hard drinking, riotous feasting, and the like. And as to these I forewarn you, as I have already forewarned you, that those who are guilty of such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God. |
| Galatians 5:22 | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, | The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence; |
| Galatians 5:23 | meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. | Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. | good faith, meekness, self-restraint. |
| Galatians 5:24 | And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. | And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. | Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites. |
| Galatians 5:25 | If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. | If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. | If we are living by the Spirit's power, let our conduct also be governed by the Spirit's power. |
| Galatians 5:26 | Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. | Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. | Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another. |
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