1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.[ † ]Philippians 4:1Acts 15:10Galatians 2:4
2Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.[ † ]Acts 15:1Galatians 5:3-6, 11 3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.[ † ]Deuteronomy 27:26Romans 2:25Galatians 3:10 4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.[ † ]Romans 9:31Hebrews 12:152 Peter 3:17
5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.[ † ]Romans 8:24 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.[ † ]1 Corinthians 7:19Galatians 6:15Colossians 3:11Colossians 1:41 Thessalonians 1:3James 2:18-20, 22
7You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?[ † ]1 Corinthians 9:24 8Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you. 9A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.[ † ]1 Corinthians 5:6 10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.[ † ]1 Corinthians 15:30Romans 9:331 Corinthians 1:23 12As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves![ † ]Joshua 7:25Acts 15:1-2
13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.[ † ]Romans 8:21 Corinthians 8:9Galatians 5:1Romans 6:11 Peter 2:161 Corinthians 9:19Ephesians 5:21 14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[ † ]Matthew 7:12Matthew 22:40Romans 13:8-10Galatians 6:2Leviticus 19:18Matthew 22:39Romans 13:9 15But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.[ † ]Romans 6:12 17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.[ † ]Romans 7:18-22, 23Romans 8:5Romans 7:15 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.[ † ]Romans 6:14Romans 7:4Romans 8:141 Timothy 1:9
19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;[ † ]Romans 1:26-31Ephesians 5:3-112 Timothy 3:2-4 20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.[ † ]1 Corinthians 6:9-10
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,[ † ]John 15:2Romans 5:1-51 Corinthians 13:4Colossians 3:12-15Romans 15:141 Corinthians 13:7 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.[ † ]1 Timothy 1:9
24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.[ † ]Romans 6:6Galatians 2:20Galatians 6:14 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.[ † ]Romans 8:4-5 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.[ † ]Philippians 2:3