Bible Gateway passage: Galatians 5 - English Standard Version (2025)

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Christ Has Set Us Free

5For ^(A)freedom Christ has ^(B)set us free; ^(C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to ^(D)a yoke of ^(E)slavery.

²Look: I, Paul, say to you that ^(F)if you accept circumcision, ^(G)Christ will be of no advantage to you. ³I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that ^(H)he is obligated to keep the whole law. ⁴You are ^(I)severed from Christ, ^(J)you who would be justified^[a] by the law; ^(K)you have fallen away from grace. ⁵For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly ^(L)wait for the hope of righteousness. ⁶For in Christ Jesus ^(M)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but ^(N)only faith working through love.

⁷^(O)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying ^(P)the truth? ⁸This persuasion is not from ^(Q)him who calls you. ⁹^(R)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ¹⁰^(S)I have confidence in the Lord that you will ^(T)take no other view, and ^(U)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. ¹¹But if I, brothers,^[b] still preach^[c] circumcision, ^(V)why am I still being persecuted? In that case ^(W)the offense of the cross has been removed. ¹²I wish ^(X)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

¹³For you were called to freedom, brothers. ^(Y)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^(Z)serve one another. ¹⁴For ^(AA)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ^(AB)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵But if you ^(AC)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Keep in Step with the Spirit

¹⁶But I say, ^(AD)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify ^(AE)the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷For ^(AF)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, ^(AG)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸But if you are ^(AH)led by the Spirit, ^(AI)you are not under the law. ¹⁹Now ^(AJ)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^(AK)divisions, ²¹envy,^[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^(AL)those who do^[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But ^(AM)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(AN)love, joy, peace, patience, ^(AO)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³^(AP)gentleness, ^(AQ)self-control; ^(AR)against such things there is no law. ²⁴And those who belong to Christ Jesus ^(AS)have crucified the flesh with its ^(AT)passions and desires.

²⁵If we live by the Spirit, ^(AU)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ²⁶^(AV)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Footnotes

Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim
Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

Cross references

Galatians 5:1 : ver. 13; ch. 2:4; See James 1:25
Galatians 5:1 : See John 8:32
Galatians 5:1 : See 1 Cor. 16:13
Galatians 5:1 : Acts 15:10
Galatians 5:1 : See ch. 2:4
Galatians 5:2 : ver. 3, 11; Acts 15:1; 1 Cor. 7:18
Galatians 5:2 : See ch. 4:11
Galatians 5:3 : Rom. 2:25
Galatians 5:4 : Rom. 7:6 (Gk.)
Galatians 5:4 : [ch. 2:21; 3:10; Rom. 9:31, 32]
Galatians 5:4 : [Heb. 12:15; 2 Pet. 3:17]
Galatians 5:5 : See Rom. 8:23, 25
Galatians 5:6 : ch. 6:15; 1 Cor. 7:19; Col. 3:11; See ch. 3:28
Galatians 5:6 : [Eph. 6:23; 1 Thess. 1:3; James 2:18, 20, 22]
Galatians 5:7 : See 1 Cor. 9:24
Galatians 5:7 : See ch. 2:5
Galatians 5:8 : ch. 1:6
Galatians 5:9 : 1 Cor. 5:6; [1 Cor. 15:33; Heb. 12:15]
Galatians 5:10 : See 2 Cor. 2:3
Galatians 5:10 : [Phil. 3:15]
Galatians 5:10 : ch. 1:7; [ver. 12]
Galatians 5:11 : ch. 4:29; 6:12
Galatians 5:11 : 1 Cor. 1:23; See 1 Pet. 2:8
Galatians 5:12 : [ver. 10]; See ch. 2:4
Galatians 5:13 : 1 Pet. 2:16; Jude 4; [1 Cor. 8:9; 2 Pet. 2:19]
Galatians 5:13 : 1 Cor. 9:19
Galatians 5:14 : [Matt. 7:12; 22:40]
Galatians 5:14 : Cited from Lev. 19:18; [ver. 22; ch. 6:2]; See Matt. 19:19; John 13:34
Galatians 5:15 : [Phil. 3:2]
Galatians 5:16 : ver. 24, 25; Rom. 8:4; See Rom. 13:14
Galatians 5:16 : Eph. 2:3
Galatians 5:17 : Rom. 7:23; 8:5-7
Galatians 5:17 : Rom. 7:15, 18, 19
Galatians 5:18 : Rom. 8:14
Galatians 5:18 : See Rom. 7:4
Galatians 5:19 : 1 Cor. 3:3; Eph. 5:3; Col. 3:5; James 3:14, 15; [Matt. 15:18-20]
Galatians 5:20 : 1 Cor. 11:19
Galatians 5:21 : [Col. 3:6]; See 1 Cor. 6:9
Galatians 5:22 : [Rom. 7:4; 8:5; Eph. 5:9]
Galatians 5:22 : See Rom. 5:1-5; Col. 3:12-17
Galatians 5:22 : 2 Cor. 6:6
Galatians 5:23 : Eph. 4:2
Galatians 5:23 : Acts 24:25
Galatians 5:23 : 1 Tim. 1:9
Galatians 5:24 : [ver. 16]; See Rom. 6:6
Galatians 5:24 : Rom. 7:5
Galatians 5:25 : [ver. 16]
Galatians 5:26 : Phil. 2:3