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Christian Liberty

¹⚓Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a ⚓yoke of bondage. ²Indeed I, Paul, say to you that ⚓if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. ³And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised ⚓that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. ⁴⚓You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; ⚓you have fallen from grace. ⁵For we through the Spirit eagerly ⚓wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. ⁶For ⚓in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but ⚓faith working through love.

Love Fulfills the Law

⁷You ⚓ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. ⁹⚓A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ¹⁰I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
¹¹And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, ⚓why do I still suffer persecution? Then ⚓the offense of the cross has ceased. ¹²⚓I could wish that those ⚓who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
¹³For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only ⚓do not use liberty as an ⚓opportunity for the flesh, but ⚓through love serve one another. ¹⁴For ⚓all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: ⚓“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Walking in the Spirit

¹⁶I say then: ⚓Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For ⚓the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, ⚓so that you do not do the things that you wish. ¹⁸But ⚓if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
¹⁹Now ⚓the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, ²¹envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that ⚓those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
²²But ⚓the fruit of the Spirit is ⚓love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, ⚓goodness, ⚓faithfulness, ²³gentleness, self-control. ⚓Against such there is no law. ²⁴And those who are Christ’s ⚓have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ²⁵⚓If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. ²⁶⚓Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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Cov ntseeg muaj kev ywj pheej

¹Peb tau nyob ywj pheej li ntawd twb yog vim Khetos tso peb dim. Yog li ntawd cia li nyob ruaj, tsis txhob rov qab mus kwv tus quab uas ua qhev dua li lawm.
²Nimno kuv Povlauj hais rau nej tias yog nej tseem ua kevcai txiav ces Khetos yuav tsis muaj qabhau dabtsi rau nej kiag li. ³Kuv rov qhia dua rau txhua tus uas ua kevcai txiav tias lawv raug muab khi kom xyaum raws li txoj kevcai huvsi lawm. ⁴Nej cov uas xav raug suav tias ncaj ncees vim qhov uas xyaum raws li txoj kevcai, nej kuj raug muab txiav tu nrho ntawm Khetos thiab poob ntawm Vajtswv txojkev hlub lawm. ⁵Vim peb muaj Vaj Ntsuj Plig thiab muaj kev ntseeg peb thiaj tos rawv txojkev ncaj ncees uas peb vam tias yuav tau. ⁶Rau qhov nyob hauv Yexus Khetos qhov uas ua kevcai txiav thiab tsis ua yeej tsis tseem ceeb dabtsi, tsuas yog txojkev ntseeg uas muaj kev sib hlub thiaj tseem ceeb xwb.
⁷Nej twb dhia tau zoo heev. Leejtwg tav tsis pub nej mloog txoj tseeb? ⁸Qhov uas luag haub ntxias li ntawd tsis yog los ntawm Vajtswv uas hu nej los ntseeg. ⁹Ib nyuag qhov keeb me me ua rau ib phaj hmoov su tag huvsi. ¹⁰Kuv ruaj siab hauv tus Tswv tias nej yuav tsis xav rau lwm yam. Tus uas ua rau nej ntxhov ntawd txawm yog leejtwg kuj xij nws yuav raug txim. ¹¹Cov kwvtij, yog tias kuv tseem qhia kom ua kevcai txiav, ua cas kuv ho raug tsim txom? Yog li ntawd, tus khaublig ntoo yuav tsis ua rau neeg dawm lawm. ¹²Kuv xav kom cov uas ua rau nej ntxhov ntawd muab lawv tus kheej sam kiag.
¹³Cov kwvtij, nej raug hu los nyob ywj pheej. Tiamsis tsis txhob siv txojkev ywj pheej ntawd ua hauv paus coj nej mus ua raws li lub cev nqaij tawv ntshaw, tiamsis ib leeg cia li zoo siab ua num rau ib leeg ntawm txojkev hlub. ¹⁴Rau qhov tag nrho txoj kevcai huvsi muab sau zog ua ib los hais tias, “Koj yuav tsum hlub kwvtij zej zog ib yam li koj hlub koj tus kheej.”⚓ ¹⁵Tiamsis yog nej sib tom sib ntxo cia li ceev faj tib zoo tsam ces nej ib leeg yuav ua rau ib leeg puam tsuaj tag.

Ua lub neej raws li Vaj Ntsuj Plig

¹⁶Kuv hais tias, cia li ua lub neej raws li Vaj Ntsuj Plig, tsis txhob ua raws li lub cev nqaij tawv ntshaw. ¹⁷Rau qhov tej uas lub cev nqaij tawv ntshaw tawm tsam Vaj Ntsuj Plig, thiab tej uas Vaj Ntsuj Plig ntshaw kuj tawm tsam nqaij tawv. Ob yam no yeej sib tawm tsam, nej thiaj ua tsis tau tej uas nej xav ua. ¹⁸Tiamsis yog Vaj Ntsuj Plig coj nej, nej kuj tsis nyob hauv txoj qab kevcai. ¹⁹Nqaij tawv li haujlwm pom tseeb li no, yog qhov uas ua nkauj ua nraug, ua phem ua qias, ua vuab tsuab, ²⁰pe dab mlom, ua khawv koob, ua yeeb ncuab, sib cav sib ceg, sib khib, sib chim, sib txeeb, sib cam, tawg ua pab ua pawg, ²¹ntshaw luag tug, qaug dej qaug cawv, ua nqaj ua nqug thiab dua lwm yam zoo li no uas kuv twb ntuas nej ua ntej tias cov uas ua tej no yuav tsis muaj feem tau Vajtswv lub tebchaws kiag li.
²²Tiamsis Vaj Ntsuj Plig txi txiv li no, yog kev hlub, kev xyiv fab, kev siab tus, kev thev taus, kev khuvleej, kev ua zoo, kev ua ncaj, ²³lub siab mos siab muag thiab paub tswj tus kheej. Tej no tsis muaj kevcai txwv kiag li. ²⁴Cov uas yog Yexus Khetos li lawv twb muab lawv lub cev nqaij tawv thiab tej uas lub cev ntshaw thiab xav teem ua ke rau saum tus khaublig ntoo lawm. ²⁵Yog peb muaj txojsia nyob hauv Vaj Ntsuj Plig, peb cia li ua lub neej raws li Vaj Ntsuj Plig. ²⁶Peb tsis txhob khav theeb, ib leeg tsis txhob zes kom ib leeg chim, thiab tsis txhob sib khib.