1 Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 And I witness again to every man {who is} circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
4 Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated {from him}, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
5 For we, by {the} Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
7 Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 The persuasibleness {is} not of him that calls you.
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
10 *I* have confidence as to you in {the} Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt {of it}, whosoever he may be.
11 But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.
12 I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.
13 For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only {do} not {turn} liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
15 but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.
16 But I say, Walk in {the} Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
18 but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
23 meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.
24 But they that {are} of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.
26 Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
1 基督释放了我们, 为了要使我们得自由。所以你们要站立得稳, 不要再被奴役的轭控制。
2 我保罗现在告诉你们, 如果你们受割礼, 基督对你们就毫无益处了。
3 我再对所有受割礼的人郑重声明: 他有责任遵行全部的律法。
4 你们这些靠律法称义的人, 是和基督隔绝, 从恩典中坠落了。
5 我们靠着圣灵, 凭着信, 热切等候所盼望的义。
6 因为在基督耶稣里, 受割礼或不受割礼, 都没有用处, 唯有那借着爱表达出来的信, 才有用处。
7 你们向来跑得好, 谁拦阻了你们, 使你们不顺从真理呢?
8 这种劝诱不是出于那召你们的。
9 一点面酵能使全团面发起来。
10 我在主里深信你们不会存别的意念; 但那搅扰你们的, 无论是谁, 必定要受刑罚。
11 弟兄们, 如果我仍旧传割礼, 我为什么还受迫害呢?若是这样, 十字架绊倒人的地方就没有了。
12 我恨不得那些扰乱你们的人把自己阉割了!
13 弟兄们, 你们蒙召得了自由; 只是不可把这自由当作放纵情欲的机会, 总要凭着爱心互相服事。
14 因为全部的律法, 都在"爱人如己"这一句话里面成全了。
15 你们要谨慎, 如果相咬相吞, 恐怕彼此都要毁灭了。
16 我是说, 你们应当顺着圣灵行事, 这样就一定不会去满足肉体的私欲了。
17 因为肉体的私欲和圣灵敌对, 圣灵也和肉体敌对; 这两样互相敌对, 使你们不能作自己愿意作的。
18 但你们若被圣灵引导, 就不在律法以下了。
19 肉体所行的都是显而易见的, 就如淫乱、污秽、邪荡、
20 拜偶像、行邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、忿怒、自私、分党、结派、
21 嫉妒、醉酒、荒宴, 和类似的事。我从前早就告诉过你们, 现在又事先告诉你们: 行这些事的人, 必定不能承受 神的国。
22 但圣灵的果子是仁爱、喜乐、平安、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、
23 温柔、节制; 这样的事, 是没有律法禁止的。
24 属基督耶稣的人, 是已经把肉体和邪情私欲都钉在十字架上了。
25 如果我们靠圣灵活着, 就应该顺着圣灵行事。
26 我们不可贪图虚荣, 彼此触怒, 互相嫉妒。