The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to theGalatians
Galatians 5
Stand Fast in Liberty | |
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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. |
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¶ Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. |
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For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. |
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Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. |
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. |
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For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. |
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Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? |
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This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. |
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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 1 Cor. 5.6 |
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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. |
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And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offense of the cross ceased. |
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I would they were even cut off which trouble you. |
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¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. |
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For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Lev. 19.18 |
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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. |
The Fruit of the Spirit and the Works of the Flesh | |
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¶ This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. |
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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. Rom. 7.15-23 |
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But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. |
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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, |
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idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, |
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envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, 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. |
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, |
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meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. |
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And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. |
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¶ If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. |
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Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another. |
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