1 Til frihet har Kristus frigjort oss; stå derfor fast, og la eder ikke atter legge under trældoms åk!
2 Se, jeg, Paulus, sier eder at dersom I lar eder omskjære, så vil Kristus intet gagne eder.
3 Atter vidner jeg for hvert menneske som lar sig omskjære, at han er skyldig å holde hele loven.
4 I er skilt fra Kristus, I som vil rettferdiggjøres ved loven; I er falt ut av nåden.
5 For ved troen venter vi i Ånden på det som rettferdigheten gir oss håp om;
6 for i Kristus Jesus gjelder hverken omskjærelse eller forhud noget, men bare tro, virksom ved kjærlighet.
7 I løp godt; hvem hindret eder fra å lyde sannheten?
8 Denne overtalelse kommer ikke fra ham som kalte eder.
9 En liten surdeig syrer hele deigen.
10 Jeg har den tillit til eder i Herren at I ikke vil mene noget annet; men den som forvirrer eder, skal bære sin dom, hvem han så er.
11 Men jeg, brødre - hvis jeg ennu forkynner omskjærelse, hvorfor forfølges jeg da ennu? da er jo korsets anstøt gjort til intet.
12 Gid de endog må skjære sig selv i sønder, de som opvigler eder!
13 For I blev kalt til frihet, brødre; bruk bare ikke friheten til en leilighet for kjødet, men tjen hverandre i kjærlighet!
14 For hele loven er opfylt i ett bud, i dette: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv.
15 Men dersom I biter og eter hverandre, da se til at I ikke blir fortært av hverandre!
16 Men jeg sier: Vandre i Ånden, så skal I ikke fullbyrde kjødets begjæring.
17 For kjødet begjærer imot Ånden, og Ånden imot kjødet; de står hverandre imot, så I ikke skal gjøre det I vil.
18 Men dersom I drives av Ånden, da er I ikke under loven.
19 Men kjødets gjerninger er åpenbare, såsom: utukt, urenhet, skamløshet,
20 avgudsdyrkelse, trolldom, fiendskap, kiv, avind, vrede, stridigheter, tvedrakt, partier,
21 misunnelse, mord, drikk, svir og annet slikt; om dette sier jeg eder forut, likesom jeg og forut har sagt, at de som gjør sådant, skal ikke arve Guds rike.
22 Men Åndens frukt er kjærlighet, glede, fred, langmodighet, mildhet, godhet, trofasthet, saktmodighet, avholdenhet;
23 mot slike er loven ikke.
24 Men de som hører Kristus Jesus til, har korsfestet kjødet med dets lyster og begjæringer.
25 Dersom vi lever i Ånden, da la oss og vandre i Ånden!
26 La oss ikke ha lyst til tom ære, så vi egger hverandre og bærer avind imot hverandre!
1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
2 See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
3 Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.
4 You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
7 You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?
8 This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.
9 A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.
11 But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.
12 My desire is that they who give you trouble might even be cut off themselves.
13 Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
15 But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.
16 But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,
20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
25 If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
26 Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.