## Christ Set Us Free 

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It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. 

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Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 

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And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. 

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You have been severed from Christ, you who are being justified by law; you have fallen from grace! 

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For we through the Spirit, by faith, are eagerly waiting for the hope of righteousness. 

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

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

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This persuasion _is_ not from Him who calls you. 

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A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 

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I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view. But the one who is disturbing 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 would have been abolished. 

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I wish that those who are upsetting you would even mutilate themselves. 

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For you were called to freedom, brothers; only _do_ not _turn_ your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 

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

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But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. 

## Walk by the Spirit 

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

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For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want. 

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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 evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 

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idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, 

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envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

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

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

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Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 

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If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in step with the Spirit. 

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Let us not become _those_ with vain glory, challenging one another, envying one another.