Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Galatians by R F Weymouth
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man equally with yourself."
005:015 But if you are perpetually snarling and snapping at one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another. 005:016 This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures. 005:017 For the cravings of the lower nature are opposed to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are opposed to those of the lower nature; because these are antagonistic to each other, so that you cannot do everything to which you are inclined. 005:018 But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not subject to Law. 005:019 Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery; 005:020 enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings; 005:021 hard drinking, riotous feasting, and the like. And as to these I forewarn you, as I have already forewarned you, that those who are guilty of such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God. 005:022 The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence; 005:023 good faith, meekness, self-restraint. 005:024 Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites. 005:025 If we are living by the Spirit's power, let our conduct also be governed by the Spirit's power. 005:026 Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another. 006:001 Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are |
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