加拉太書 5
1 基督釋放了我們，為使我們得自由。所以要站穩了，不要再被奴隸的軛挾制。
基督徒的自由
2 我—保羅告訴你們，你們若受割禮，基督就對你們無益了。 3 我再指著凡受割禮的人確實地說，他有義務遵行全部的律法。 4 你們這要靠律法稱義的是與基督隔絕，從恩典中墜落了。 5 至於我們，我們是靠著聖靈，憑著信心，等候所盼望的義。 6 因為在基督耶穌裏，受割禮不受割禮都沒有功效，惟獨使人發出仁愛的信心才有功效。
7 你們向來跑得好，誰攔阻了你們，使你們不順從真理呢？ 8 這樣的勸導不是出於那召你們的。 9 一點麵酵能使全團都發起來。 10 我在主裏深信你們必不懷別樣的心；但騷擾你們的，無論是誰，必須承受懲罰。 11 弟兄們，我若仍舊傳割禮，為甚麼還受迫害呢？若是這樣，十字架絆倒人的地方就沒有了。 12 恨不得那騷擾你們的人把自己閹割了。
13 弟兄們，你們蒙召是要得自由；只是不可把這自由當作放縱情慾的機會，總要用愛心互相服侍。 14 因為全部律法都包括在「愛鄰t如己」這一句話之內了。 15 你們要謹慎，你們若相咬相吞，恐怕要彼此消滅了。
聖靈的果子和肉體的惡行
16 我說，你們要順著聖靈而行，絕不可滿足肉體的情慾。 17 因為肉體的情慾和聖靈相爭，聖靈和肉體相爭，這兩個彼此敵對，使你們不能做所願意做的。 18 但你們若被聖靈引導，就不在律法之下。 19 情慾的事都是顯而易見的；就如淫亂、污穢、放蕩、 20 拜偶像、行邪術、仇恨、紛爭、忌恨、憤怒、自私、分派、結黨、 21 嫉妒t、醉酒、荒宴等類。我從前告訴過你們，現在又告訴你們，做這樣事的人必不能承受上帝的國。
22 聖靈的果子就是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、 23 溫柔、節制。這樣的事沒有律法禁止。 24 凡屬基督耶穌t的人，是已經把肉體與肉體的邪情私慾同釘在十字架上了。 25 我們若靠著聖靈而活，也要靠著聖靈行事。 26 不要貪圖虛名，彼此惹氣，互相嫉妒。
GALATIANS 5
Christ Gives Freedom
1 Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.
2 I, Paul, promise you that Christ won't do you any good if you get circumcised. 3 If you do, you must obey the whole Law. 4 And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace. 5 But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ.
6 If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.
7 You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth. 8 And that person was certainly not sent by the one who chose you. 9 t A little yeast can change a whole batch of dough,
10 but you belong to the Lord. This makes me certain you will do what I say, instead of what someone else tells you to do. Whoever is causing trouble for you will be punished.
11 My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised.
12 I wish everyone who is upsetting you would not only get circumcised, but would cut off much more!
13 My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love. 14 t All the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.
15 But if you keep attacking each other like wild animals, you had better watch out or you will destroy yourselves.God's Spirit //and Our Own Desires
16 If you are guided by the Spirit, you won't obey your selfish desires. 17 t The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should.
18 But if you obey the Spirit, the Law of Moses has no control over you.
19 People's desires make them give in to immoral ways, filthy thoughts, and shameful deeds. 20 They worship idols, practice witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are
21 envious. They get drunk, carry on at wild parties, and do other evil things as well. I told you before, and I am telling you again: No one who does these things will share in the blessings of God's kingdom.
22 God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, 23 gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways. 24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires. 25 God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit. 26 But don't be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are.