# Galatians 5 ## Galatians 5:1 - [KJV] Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. - [ASV] For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. - [YLT] In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; ### Notes on Galatians 5:1 - ## Galatians 5:2 - [KJV] Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. - [ASV] Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. - [YLT] lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing; ### Notes on Galatians 5:2 - ## Galatians 5:3 - [KJV] For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. - [ASV] Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. - [YLT] and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law; ### Notes on Galatians 5:3 - ## Galatians 5:4 - [KJV] Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. - [ASV] Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace. - [YLT] ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away; ### Notes on Galatians 5:4 - ## Galatians 5:5 - [KJV] For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. - [ASV] For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. - [YLT] for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for, ### Notes on Galatians 5:5 - ## Galatians 5:6 - [KJV] For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. - [ASV] For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. - [YLT] for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working. ### Notes on Galatians 5:6 - ## Galatians 5:7 - [KJV] Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? - [ASV] Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? - [YLT] Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth? ### Notes on Galatians 5:7 - ## Galatians 5:8 - [KJV] This persuasion *cometh* not of him that calleth you. - [ASV] This persuasion *came* not of him that calleth you. - [YLT] the obedience *is* not of him who is calling you! ### Notes on Galatians 5:8 - ## Galatians 5:9 - [KJV] A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. - [ASV] A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. - [YLT] a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven; ### Notes on Galatians 5:9 - ## Galatians 5:10 - [KJV] I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. - [ASV] I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. - [YLT] I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be. ### Notes on Galatians 5:10 - ## Galatians 5:11 - [KJV] And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. - [ASV] But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away. - [YLT] And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away; ### Notes on Galatians 5:11 - ## Galatians 5:12 - [KJV] I would they were even cut off which trouble you. - [ASV] I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision. - [YLT] O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you! ### Notes on Galatians 5:12 - ## Galatians 5:13 - [KJV] For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only *use* not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. - [ASV] For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only *use* not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. - [YLT] For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another, ### Notes on Galatians 5:13 - ## Galatians 5:14 - [KJV] For all the law is fulfilled in one word, *even* in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. - [ASV] For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, *even* in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. - [YLT] for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' ### Notes on Galatians 5:14 - ## Galatians 5:15 - [KJV] But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. - [ASV] But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. - [YLT] and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed. ### Notes on Galatians 5:15 - ## Galatians 5:16 - [KJV] *This* I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. - [ASV] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. - [YLT] And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; ### Notes on Galatians 5:16 - ## Galatians 5:17 - [KJV] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. - [ASV] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. - [YLT] for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do; ### Notes on Galatians 5:17 - ## Galatians 5:18 - [KJV] But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. - [ASV] But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. - [YLT] and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law. ### Notes on Galatians 5:18 - ## Galatians 5:19 - [KJV] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are *these*; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, - [ASV] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are *these*: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, - [YLT] And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ### Notes on Galatians 5:19 - ## Galatians 5:20 - [KJV] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, - [ASV] idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, - [YLT] idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, ### Notes on Galatians 5:20 - ## Galatians 5:21 - [KJV] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told *you* in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. - [ASV] envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. - [YLT] envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit. ### Notes on Galatians 5:21 - ## Galatians 5:22 - [KJV] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, - [ASV] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, - [YLT] And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, ### Notes on Galatians 5:22 - ## Galatians 5:23 - [KJV] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. - [ASV] meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. - [YLT] meekness, temperance: against such there is no law; ### Notes on Galatians 5:23 - ## Galatians 5:24 - [KJV] And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. - [ASV] And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. - [YLT] and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires; ### Notes on Galatians 5:24 - ## Galatians 5:25 - [KJV] If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. - [ASV] If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. - [YLT] if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk; ### Notes on Galatians 5:25 - ## Galatians 5:26 - [KJV] Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. - [ASV] Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. - [YLT] let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying! ### Notes on Galatians 5:26 -