Galatians 5 — NIV vs NIVUK

Verse 1

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Verse 2

Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

Verse 3

Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is required to obey the whole law.

Verse 4

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Verse 5

For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.

Verse 6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Verse 7

You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?

Verse 8

That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.

Verse 9

“A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”

‘A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.’

Verse 10

I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty.

Verse 11

Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offence of the cross has been abolished.

Verse 12

As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

Life by the Spirit

As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

Life by the Spirit

Verse 13

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh^[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Verse 14

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”^[b]

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’^[b]

Verse 15

If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

Verse 16

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Verse 17

For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever^[c] you want.

Verse 18

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Verse 19

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

Verse 20

idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

Verse 21

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Verse 22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Verse 23

gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Verse 24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Verse 25

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

Verse 26

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.