{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/galatians/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:36.344Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Galatians","bookSlug":"galatians","chapter":5,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"This persuasion is not from him who calls you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"A little yeast grows through the whole lump."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: |You shall love your neighbor as yourself.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another."}],"citation":{"inline":"Galatians 5 (WEB)","markdown":"[Galatians 5](https://primebible.com/web/galatians/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/galatians/5 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}