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Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

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Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

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You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

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For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

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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.

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But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

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I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

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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.

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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."Leviticus 19:18

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But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another.

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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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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.

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

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Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

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envy, 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 God's Kingdom.

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

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

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If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.

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Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

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Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.

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Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

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For each man will bear his own burden.

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But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

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Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.

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So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.