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state et nolite iterum iugo servitutis contineri
Stand fast and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.
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ecce ego Paulus dico vobis quoniam si circumcidamini Christus vobis nihil proderit
Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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testificor autem rursum omni homini circumcidenti se quoniam debitor est universae legis faciendae
And I testify again to every man circumcising himself that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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evacuati estis a Christo qui in lege iustificamini a gratia excidistis
You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.
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nos enim spiritu ex fide spem iustitiae expectamus
For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice.
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nam in Christo Iesu neque circumcisio aliquid valet neque praeputium sed fides quae per caritatem operatur
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.
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currebatis bene quis vos inpedivit veritati non oboedire
You did run well. What hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?
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persuasio non est ex eo qui vocat vos
This persuasion is not from him that calleth you.
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modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit
A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.
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ego confido in vobis in Domino quod nihil aliud sapietis qui autem conturbat vos portabit iudicium quicumque est ille
I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will not be of another mind: but he that troubleth you shall bear the judgment, whosoever he be.
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ego autem fratres si circumcisionem adhuc praedico quid adhuc persecutionem patior ergo evacuatum est scandalum crucis
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void.
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utinam et abscidantur qui vos conturbant
I would they were even cut off, who trouble you.
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vos enim in libertatem vocati estis fratres tantum ne libertatem in occasionem detis carnis sed per caritatem servite invicem
For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty. Only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh: but by charity of the spirit serve one another.
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omnis enim lex in uno sermone impletur diliges proximum tuum sicut te ipsum
For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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quod si invicem mordetis et comeditis videte ne ab invicem consumamini
But if you bite and devour one another: take heed you be not consumed one of another.
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dico autem spiritu ambulate et desiderium carnis non perficietis
I say then: Walk in the spirit: and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
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caro enim concupiscit adversus spiritum spiritus autem adversus carnem haec enim invicem adversantur ut non quaecumque vultis illa faciatis
For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh: For these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.
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quod si spiritu ducimini non estis sub lege
But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
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manifesta autem sunt opera carnis quae sunt fornicatio inmunditia luxuria
Now the works of the flesh are manifest: which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,
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idolorum servitus veneficia inimicitiae contentiones aemulationes irae rixae dissensiones sectae
Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,
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invidiae homicidia ebrietates comesationes et his similia quae praedico vobis sicut praedixi quoniam qui talia agunt regnum Dei non consequentur
Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
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fructus autem Spiritus est caritas gaudium pax longanimitas bonitas benignitas
But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,
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fides modestia continentia adversus huiusmodi non est lex
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.
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qui autem sunt Christi carnem crucifixerunt cum vitiis et concupiscentiis
And they that are Christ's have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.
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si vivimus spiritu spiritu et ambulemus
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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non efficiamur inanis gloriae cupidi invicem provocantes invicem invidentes
Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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