GÁLATAS 5
Estad firmes en la libertad
1 Estad, pues, firmes en la libertad con que Cristo nos hizo libres, y no estéis otra vez sujetos al yugo de esclavitud. 2 He aquí, yo Pablo os digo que si os circuncidáis, de nada os aprovechará Cristo. 3 Y otra vez testifico a todo hombre que se circuncida, que está obligado a guardar toda la ley. 4 De Cristo os desligasteis, los que por la ley os justificáis; de la gracia habéis caído. 5 Pues nosotros por el Espíritu aguardamos por fe la esperanza de la justicia; 6 porque en Cristo Jesús ni la circuncisión vale algo, ni la incircuncisión, sino la fe que obra por el amor. 7 Vosotros corríais bien; ¿quién os estorbó para no obedecer a la verdad? 8 Esta persuasión no procede de aquel que os llama. 9 Un poco de levadura leuda toda la masa.t 10 Yo confío respecto de vosotros en el Señor, que no pensaréis de otro modo; mas el que os perturba llevará la sentencia, quienquiera que sea. 11 Y yo, hermanos, si aún predico la circuncisión, ¿por qué padezco persecución todavía? En tal caso se ha quitado el tropiezo de la cruz.
12 ¡Ojalá se mutilasen los que os perturban!
13 Porque vosotros, hermanos, a libertad fuisteis llamados; solamente que no uséis la libertad como ocasión para la carne, sino servíos por amor los unos a los otros. 14 Porque toda la ley en esta sola palabra se cumple: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.t
15 Pero si os mordéis y os coméis unos a otros, mirad que también no os consumáis unos a otros.Las obras de la carne y el fruto del Espíritu
16 Digo, pues: Andad en el Espíritu, y no satisfagáis los deseos de la carne. 17 Porque el deseo de la carne es contra el Espíritu, y el del Espíritu es contra la carne; y éstos se oponen entre sí, para que no hagáis lo que quisiereis.t 18 Pero si sois guiados por el Espíritu, no estáis bajo la ley. 19 Y manifiestas son las obras de la carne, que son: adulterio, fornicación, inmundicia, lascivia, 20 idolatría, hechicerías, enemistades, pleitos, celos, iras, contiendas, disensiones, herejías, 21 envidias, homicidios, borracheras, orgías, y cosas semejantes a éstas; acerca de las cuales os amonesto, como ya os lo he dicho antes, que los que practican tales cosas no heredarán el reino de Dios. 22 Mas el fruto del Espíritu es amor, gozo, paz, paciencia, benignidad, bondad, fe, 23 mansedumbre, templanza; contra tales cosas no hay ley.
24 Pero los que son de Cristo han crucificado la carne con sus pasiones y deseos.
25 Si vivimos por el Espíritu, andemos también por el Espíritu. 26 No nos hagamos vanagloriosos, irritándonos unos a otros, envidiándonos unos a otros.
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.
