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1 For [the] freedom (that) Christ set us free, stand firm, therefore, and do not be entangled with(=be involved in) a yoke of slavery again.
2 Behold! I, Paul, say (to) you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 And I testify again to every man letting himself be circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 You who are justified(=are seeking to be justified)1 in(=by) law have cut (yourselves) off from Christ; you have fallen away (from) [the] grace.
5 For we (through) the Spirit, by faith, eagerly wait for (the) hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
7 You were running well. Who hindered you not to obey(=from obeying) truth?
8 The persuasion does not (come) from the One calling you.
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
10 I am confident in (the) Lord for(=about) you that you will think nothing other. But the one troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be(is).
11 And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the offence of the cross has been abolished.
12 I wish that the ones upsetting you will cut themselves off!
13 For you, brothers, were called for(=to) freedom; only do not (use) the freedom for pretext(=as an opportunity) for the flesh, but through [the] love serve one another.
14 For the whole law has been fulfilled in one word, in the (word): “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out lest you [might] be destroyed by one another.
16 And I say, walk (by) the Spirit, and you might(=shall) not satisfy(=yield to) (the) lust(=desires) of (the) flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts(=desires) against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you may(=do) not do the things that you want.
18 And if you are led (by the) Spirit, you are not under law.
19 And the works of the flesh is(=are) obvious, which is(=are) fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, angers, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions(=heresies),
21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the things like these, which I tell you beforehand(=am warning you) as I told beforehand, that the ones doing such things will not inherit (the) kingdom of God.
22 And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, (and) self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 And the ones of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the(=its) passions and [the] lusts(=desires).
25 If we live (in the) Spirit, let us also keep in line with(=follow) (the) Spirit.
26 Let us not become vainglorious(=conceited), provoking one another, envying one another.
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