Galatians 5 — SBL Greek New Testament

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τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ [a]ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετε οὖν καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.

For Christ has set us free for freedom; stand firm therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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Ἴδε ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε Χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει.

Look, I, Paul, am telling you that if you are circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.

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μαρτύρομαι δὲ πάλιν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ περιτεμνομένῳ ὅτι ὀφειλέτης ἐστὶν ὅλον τὸν νόμον ποιῆσαι.

But I testify again to every man who is circumcised that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

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κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε, τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε.

You have been severed from Christ, you who are justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

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ἡμεῖς γὰρ πνεύματι ἐκ πίστεως ἐλπίδα δικαιοσύνης ἀπεκδεχόμεθα.

For we through the Spirit by faith await the hope of righteousness.

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ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ πίστις δι' ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any power, but faith working through love.

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Ἐτρέχετε καλῶς· τίς ὑμᾶς ἐνέκοψεν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι;

You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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ἡ πεισμονὴ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς.

The persuasion is not from the one who calls you.

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μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.

A little yeast leavens the whole dough.

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I am confident in you in the Lord that you will think nothing different; but the one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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ἐγὼ δέ, ἀδελφοί, εἰ περιτομὴν ἔτι κηρύσσω, τί ἔτι διώκομαι; ἄρα κατήργηται τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ.

But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the offense of the cross has been abolished.

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ὄφελον καὶ ἀποκόψονται οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες ὑμᾶς.

I wish those who are troubling you would even cut themselves off.

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For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

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ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται, ἐν τῷ· Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.

For the entire law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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εἰ δὲ ἀλλήλους δάκνετε καὶ κατεσθίετε, βλέπετε μὴ ὑπ' ἀλλήλων ἀναλωθῆτε.

But if you keep biting and devouring one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

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Λέγω δέ, πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.

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For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want.

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εἰ δὲ πνεύματι ἄγεσθε, οὐκ ἐστὲ ὑπὸ νόμον.

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

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φανερὰ δέ ἐστιν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός, ἅτινά ἐστιν πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια,

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

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εἰδωλολατρία, φαρμακεία, ἔχθραι, ἔρις, ζῆλος, θυμοί, ἐριθεῖαι, διχοστασίαι, αἱρέσεις,

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, divisions, sects,

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envy, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these, of which I am telling you beforehand just as I said before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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