Galatians 5
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.
1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
2Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
2Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
3And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to the whole law.
3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
4You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.
4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
5For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice.
5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.
6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
7You did run well, who hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?
7You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
8This persuasion is not from him that calleth you.
8Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
9A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.
9A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
10I have confidence in you in the Lord: that you will not be of another mind: but he that troubleth you, shall bear the judgment, whosoever he be.
10I 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.
11And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void.
11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
12I would they were even cut off, who trouble you.
12As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
13For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.
13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
14For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15But if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be not consumed one of another.
15But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
16I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.
17For 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.
18But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,
19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
20Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,
20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
21Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
21and 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.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.
23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24And they that are Christ’s, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.
24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
25Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
26Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying on another.
26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
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