Galatians 5 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Christian Liberty

The Works of the Flesh and of the Spirit

Gal 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,[fn] and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Gal 5:2

Gal 5:2Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

Gal 5:3

Gal 5:3And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.

Gal 5:4

Gal 5:4You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

Gal 5:5

Gal 5:5For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Gal 5:6

Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

Love Fulfills the Law

Gal 5:7

Gal 5:7You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Gal 5:8

Gal 5:8This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.

Gal 5:9

Gal 5:9A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

Gal 5:10

Gal 5:10I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

Gal 5:11

Gal 5:11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

Gal 5:12

Gal 5:12I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!

Gal 5:13

Gal 5:13For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Gal 5:14

Gal 5:14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”[fn]

Gal 5:15

Gal 5:15But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Walking in the Spirit

Gal 5:16

Gal 5:16I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Gal 5:17

Gal 5:17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Gal 5:18

Gal 5:18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Gal 5:19

Gal 5:19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[fn] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,

Gal 5:20

Gal 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

Gal 5:21

Gal 5:21envy, murders,[fn] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal 5:22

Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Gal 5:23

Gal 5:23gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Gal 5:24

Gal 5:24And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Gal 5:25

Gal 5:25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Gal 5:26

Gal 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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NKJV Footnotes

(5:1)

NU-Text reads For freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast therefore.

(5:14)

Leviticus 19:18

(5:19)

NU-Text omits adultery.

(5:21)

NU-Text omits murders.

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