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Stand fasttherefore in the libertywherewithChrist hath madeusfree, andbenotentangledagain with the yoke of bondage.
2Behold, IPaulsay unto you, thatif ye be circumcised, Christ shall profityounothing.
3For I testifyagain to everymanthatiscircumcised, that he is a debtor to do the wholelaw.
4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justifiedby the law; ye are fallen fromgrace.
5Forwe through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousnessbyfaith.
6ForinJesusChristneithercircumcisionavaileth any thing, noruncircumcision; butfaith which workethbylove.
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Ye did runwell; who did hinderyou that ye shouldnotobey the truth?
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This persuasion cometh notof him that callethyou.
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A littleleavenleaveneth the wholelump.
10I have confidenceinyouthrough the Lord, that ye will benoneotherwiseminded: but he thattroublethyou shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11AndI, brethren, ifIyetpreachcircumcision, why do Iyet suffer persecution?thenis the offence of the crossceased.
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I would they wereeven cut off which troubleyou.
13For, brethren, ye have been calleduntoliberty; only use notlibertyfor an occasion to the flesh, butbyloveserve one another.
14Forall the law is fulfilledinoneword, even in this; Thou shalt lovethyneighbourasthyself.
15Butif ye biteanddevouroneanother, take heed that ye benotconsumedoneofanother.
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This I saythen, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shallnotfulfil the lust of the flesh.
17For the fleshlustethagainst the Spirit, and the Spiritagainst the flesh: andthese are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannotdo the thingsthat ye would.
18Butif ye be led of the Spirit, ye arenotunder the law.
19Now the works of the flesharemanifest, whichare these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, andsuchlike: of the which I tellyoubefore, as I havealso told you in time past, that they whichdosuchthingsshallnotinherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spiritislove, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: againstsuch there isnolaw.
24And they that are Christ's have crucified the fleshwith the affectionsandlusts.
25If we live in the Spirit, let usalsowalk in the Spirit.
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Let usnotbe desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.