5:1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
5:2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

5:3 Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
5:3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

5:4 Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

5:5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
5:5 For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

5:7 Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?
5:7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

5:8 This persuasion (came) not of him that calleth you.
5:8 This persuasion [did] not [come] from Him who calls you.

5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump [of dough.]

5:10 I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
5:10 I have confidence in you in the Lord, that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

5:11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.
5:11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

5:12 I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.
5:12 Would that those who are troubling you would even mutilate themselves.

5:13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only (use) not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only [do] not [turn] your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, (even) in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
5:14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the [statement], " YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. "

5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, take care lest you be consumed by one another.

5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
5:17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

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

5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are (these): fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
5:19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,

5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,
5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,

5:21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
5:21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you just as I have forewarned you that those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

5:23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

5:24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
5:24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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

5:26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
5:26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.