Galatians · Free Bible Version
Galatians 5 Free Bible Version
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1 Christ set us free so we could have real freedom. So stand firm and don't get burdened down again by a yoke of slavery.
1 ESTAD, pues, firmes en la libertad con que Cristo nos hizo libres, y no volváis otra vez á ser presos en el yugo de servidumbre.
2 Let me, Paul, tell you bluntly: if you rely on the way of circumcision, Christ will be of absolutely no benefit to you.
2 He aquí yo Pablo os digo, que si os circuncidareis, Cristo no os aprovechará nada.
3 Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the law.
3 Y otra vez vuelvo á protestar á todo hombre que se circuncidare, que está obligado á hacer toda la ley.
4 Those of you who think you can be made right by the law are cut off from Christ—you have abandoned grace.
4 Vacíos sois de Cristo los que por la ley os justificáis; de la gracia habéis caído.
5 For through the Spirit we trust and wait in hope to be made right.
5 Porque nosotros por el Espíritu esperamos la esperanza de la justicia por la fe.
6 For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.
6 Porque en Cristo Jesús ni la circuncisión vale algo, ni la incircuncisión; sino la fe que obra por la caridad.
7 You were doing so well! Who got in the way and prevented you from being convinced by the truth?
7 Vosotros corríais bien: ¿quién os embarazó para no obedecer á la verdad?
8 This “persuasion” certainly isn't from the one who calls you.
8 Esta persuasión no [es] de aquel que os llama.
9 You only need a little bit of yeast to raise the whole batch of dough.
9 Un poco de levadura leuda toda la masa.
10 I'm confident in the Lord that you won't change the way you think, and that the one who is confusing you will face the consequences, whoever he is.
10 Yo confío de vosotros en el Señor, que ninguna otra cosa sentiréis: mas el que os inquieta, llevará el juicio, quienquiera que él sea.
11 As for me, brothers and sisters, if I were still advocating circumcision—why am I still persecuted? If that was true, it would remove the issue of the cross that offends people so much.
11 Y yo, hermanos, si aun predico la circuncisión, ¿por qué padezco persecución todavía? pues que quitado es el escándalo de la cruz.
12 If only those who are causing you trouble would go even further than circumcision and castrate themselves!
12 Ojalá fuesen también cortados los que os inquietan.
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to freedom! Just don't use your freedom as an excuse to indulge your sinful human nature—instead serve one another in love.
13 Porque vosotros, hermanos, á libertad habéis sido llamados; solamente que no [uséis] la libertad como ocasión á la carne, sino servíos por amor los unos á los otros.
14 For the whole law is summed up in this one command, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
14 Porque toda la ley en aquesta sola palabra se cumple: Amarás á tu prójimo como á ti mismo.
15 But if you attack and tear into one another, watch out that you don't completely destroy yourselves!
15 Y si os mordéis y os coméis los unos á los otros, mirad que también no os consumáis los unos á los otros.
16 My advice is to walk by the Spirit. Don't satisfy the desires of your sinful human nature.
16 Digo pues: Andad en el Espíritu, y no satisfagáis la concupiscencia de la carne.
17 For the desires of the sinful nature are opposed to the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are opposed to the sinful nature. They fight one another, so you don't do what you want to do.
17 Porque la carne codicia contra el Espíritu, y el Espíritu contra la carne: y estas cosas se oponen la una á la otra, para que no hagáis lo que quisiereis.
18 But if the Spirit leads you, you're not under the law.
18 Mas si sois guiados del Espíritu, no estáis bajo la ley.
19 It's clear what the sinful human nature produces: sexual immorality, indecency, sensuality,
19 Y manifiestas son las obras de la carne, que son: adulterio, fornicación, inmundicia, disolución,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy,
20 Idolatría, hechicerías, enemistades, pleitos, celos, iras, contiendas, disensiones, herejías,
21 envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God.
21 Envidias, homicidios, borracheras, banqueteos, y cosas semejantes á éstas: de las cuales os denuncio, como ya os he anunciado, que los que hacen tales cosas no heredarán el reino de Dios.
22 But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,
22 Mas el fruto del Espíritu es: caridad, gozo, paz, tolerancia, benignidad, bondad, fe,
23 gentleness, self-control—and there's no law against these kinds of things!
23 Mansedumbre, templanza: contra tales cosas no hay ley.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed to the cross their sinful human nature, together with all their sinful passions and desires.
24 Porque los que son de Cristo, han crucificado la carne con los afectos y concupiscencias.
25 If we live in the Spirit we should also walk in the Spirit.
25 Si vivimos en el Espíritu, andemos también en el Espíritu.
26 Let's not become boastful, or irritate and envy one another.
26 No seamos codiciosos de vana gloria, irritando los unos á los otros, envidiándose los unos á los otros.
Cross references (26)
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- 1 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 2:16; Romans 6:14; John 8:32–36
- 2 Galatians 5:6; Acts 15:1; Galatians 2:3–5; Romans 9:31–32; Galatians 5:11
- 3 Galatians 3:10; Romans 2:25; James 2:10–11; Deuteronomy 27:26; Deuteronomy 31:21
- 4 2 Peter 2:20–22; Romans 9:31–32; Romans 11:6; Galatians 2:21; Hebrews 12:15
- 5 Psalm 130:5; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Psalm 62:5; Romans 8:23–25; Titus 2:13
- 6 Galatians 6:15; 1 Corinthians 7:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; James 2:14–26; 2 Corinthians 5:14
- 7 1 Corinthians 9:24; Galatians 3:1; Hebrews 12:1; Matthew 13:21; 1 Peter 1:22
- 8 Galatians 1:6; Romans 8:28
- 9 1 Corinthians 15:33; Mark 8:15; 1 Corinthians 5:6–7; Luke 12:1; Luke 13:21
- 10 Galatians 5:12; Philippians 3:15; Galatians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 2:3; Galatians 2:6
- 11 1 Corinthians 1:23; Galatians 6:12; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 1:18
- 12 Galatians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Genesis 17:14; Exodus 12:15; Joshua 7:25
- 13 1 Peter 2:16; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Corinthians 8:9; Romans 15:1–2; Galatians 5:14
- 14 Matthew 7:12; Leviticus 19:18; Galatians 6:2; Romans 13:8–10; John 13:34
- 15 1 Corinthians 3:3; James 3:14–4:3; Galatians 5:26; 2 Corinthians 11:20; 2 Corinthians 12:20
- 16 Galatians 5:24–25; Romans 8:12–14; Galatians 6:8; Galatians 5:19–21; Colossians 3:5–10
- 17 Romans 8:13; Romans 8:5–8; John 3:6; Matthew 26:41; Psalm 119:20
- 18 Romans 6:14–15; Romans 8:14; Proverbs 8:20; Galatians 5:25; Ezekiel 36:27
- 19 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Colossians 3:5–8; Matthew 15:18–19; 1 Peter 4:2–4; Revelation 21:8
- 20 Titus 3:10; Revelation 21:8; 1 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Corinthians 11:19; Acts 8:9–11
- 21 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Romans 8:13; Romans 13:13; Ephesians 5:5–6; 1 Corinthians 5:11
- 22 Colossians 3:12–17; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7; John 15:5; James 3:17–18; John 15:2
- 23 1 Timothy 1:9; Acts 24:25; Titus 2:2; Titus 1:8; 1 Corinthians 9:25
- 24 Romans 6:6; Romans 13:14; Romans 8:13; Galatians 5:16–18; Romans 8:9
- 25 Galatians 5:16; Romans 8:4–5; Romans 8:2; John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6
- 26 James 3:14–16; Philippians 2:1–3; James 4:16; 1 Corinthians 3:7; Luke 14:10
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… again, he proceeds to tell us the spiritual actions which vivify a man, that is, the engrafting of the Spirit; thus saying, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, goodness, benignity, faith, meekness, continence, chastity: against these there is no law." As, therefore, he who has gone forward to the better things, and has brought forth …
Thus came I to understand, from my own experience, what I had read, how that "the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh." I verily lusted both ways; yet more in that which I approved in myself, than in that which I disapproved in myself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… as received Him," it is said "to them gave He power to become the sons of God." And yet many of these children Paul hath affirmed to be nothing profited by their father; "For if ye be circumcised," saith he, "Christ shall profit you nothing." And if Christ be no help to those who will not take heed to themselves, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… Himself send Him forth at this time also upon you; and by Him keep us also, imparting His benefit in common to us all, that we may ever render up the fruits of the Holy Ghost, love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, in Christ Jesus our Lord:--By whom and with whom, together with the Holy Ghost, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For he who is circumcised is a debtor to do the whole law.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)