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.
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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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