It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Do not let yourselves be burdened by a yoke of slavery. If you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you. You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. In Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. You, my brothers were called to be free.
Do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious; sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
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