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¹ Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.² Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.³ And again, I testify to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill the whole law.⁴ Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.⁵ For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.⁶ For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.⁷ Ye did run well: who hath interrupted you, that ye acquiesce not in the truth?⁸ The bias of your mind is not from him who called you.⁹ A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.¹⁰ I confide in you through our Lord, that ye will entertain no other thoughts. And he that disquieteth you, shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.¹¹ And I, my brethren, if I still preached circumcision, why should I suffer persecution? Hath the offensiveness of the cross ceased?¹² But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.

¹³ And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.¹⁵ But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.¹⁶ And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and never follow the cravings of the flesh.¹⁷ For the flesh craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Spirit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire.¹⁸ But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.¹⁹ For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,²⁰ idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords,²¹ envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God.²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.²³ Against these there standeth no law.²⁴ And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.²⁵ Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.²⁶ And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.