7You were running well. Who prevented you from being persuaded regarding the truth?5:7 Or obeying the truth5:7 Jn 8:14; 1Jn 5:20

8This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.5:8 Col 3:15; 1Pt 1:15

9A little leaven5:9 Or yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.

10I myself am persuaded in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.5:10 Mk 12:40

11Now brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross5:11 Lk 9:23 has been abolished.

12I wish those who are disturbing you might also let themselves be mutilated!

13For you were called5:13 Col 3:15 to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity5:13 Lit a pretext; a military term for abuse of position for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

14For the whole law is fulfilled5:14 Mt 1:22 in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.5:14Lv 19:185:14 Lv 19:18; Mt 7:12; 19:19; 22:37–40; Jn 13:34

15But if you bite and devour5:15 Gl 5:20; Php 3:2,20 one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

19Now the works of the flesh are obvious:5:19 Other mss add adultery, sexual immorality,5:19 Mk 7:21; 1Th 4:3 moral impurity,5:19 1Th 4:7 promiscuity,5:19 Mk 7:22

20idolatry,5:20 Col 3:5; 1Pt 4:3 sorcery,5:20 Rv 18:23 hatreds,5:20 Rm 8:7 strife,5:20 Ti 3:9 jealousy,5:20 Jms 3:4 outbursts of anger,5:20 Rv 14:19 selfish ambitions,5:20 Rm 2:8 dissensions,5:20 Rm 16:17 factions,5:20 2Pt 2:1

21envy,5:21 Other mss add murders,5:21 Rm 1:29 drunkenness, carousing,5:21 Rm 13:13; 1Pt 4:3 and anything similar. I am warning you about these things — as I warned you before — that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.5:21 1Co 6:10; 15:50

22But the fruit of the Spirit5:22 Mt 7:16–20; Rm 6:21; 7:4; 8:5; Eph 5:9 is love,5:22 1Co 13:1; Phm 5 joy,5:22 Jn 15:11; 2Co 6:10 peace, patience,5:22 Ex 34:6; 2Tm 3:10 kindness,5:22 Ps 25:6; 2Co 6:6 goodness, faithfulness,

23gentleness,5:23 Jms 3:13 and self-control.5:23 2Pt 1:6 The law is not against such things.5:23 Or Against such things there is no law

24Now those who belong to Christ Jesus5:24 Nm 3:12 have crucified the flesh5:24 Rm 8:12 with its passions and desires.5:24 2Pt 1:4; 2:10

25If we live5:25 Php 1:21; 3:16 by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.5:26 Php 2:3