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Christ Wen Let Us Go

Christ wen let us go, so we no gotta do wat da Rules say fo get um right wit God. So den, hang in dea an be strong. No let dem buggas pile up all kine rules on top you guys again.

Listen! Dis me Paul, talking to you guys. If you guys let dem cut skin an make you guys come Jews, cuz dey tell you guys dat you can get um right wit God lidat, den Christ no goin help you guys, notting. Now I goin tell everybody one mo time: Whoeva cut skin so dey get um right wit God, dey gotta do everyting da Rules say fo come good. You guys dat like do wat da Rules say fo try get um right wit God, you guys wen split from Christ, an make yoaself so you no can get all da good stuff he like do fo you guys. Us guys, not like you guys. We trus God, dass why we wait fo him fo make us get um right wit him, cuz we know dat Godʼs Spirit goin help us. Wen we stay tight wit Jesus Christ, no matta cut skin o no cut skin, main ting, we gotta trus God, an show plenny love an aloha fo God an da peopo.

You guys was doing real good. Who wen mess you guys up so you no listen to da trut? Dat kine stuff you guys listen to now, dat no come from da Boss, who wen tell you guys fo come by him an be his guys. Dat kine stuff dey teach, dat start small an den come big an mess up you guys, jalike litto bit yeast inside da bread dough make da whole bread come big. 10 Cuz I trus da Boss, I shua dat you guys no goin tink anodda way. But da bugga dat stay bodda you guys, God goin punish him, no matta who him.

11 Eh, bruddas an sistas, if I still yet wen teach dat we gotta cut skin, den no goin bodda nobody, cuz den Jesus neva need mahke on top da cross. So if I wen teach lidat, den how come dem buggas make me suffa? Cuz I stay teach dat Jesus wen mahke so peopo can come right wit God. An dat bodda dem buggas. 12 Dem buggas dat stay bodda you guys fo go cut skin, why dey no go chop um all off?!

13 Eh, bruddas an sistas, God wen let you guys go, but dat no mean you can make any kine how you like. Mo betta, kokua each odda, cuz you guys get plenny love an aloha fo each odda. 14 Da Bible say, “Get love an aloha fo da odda guy, jalike you get love fo yoaself.” If you guys do dat, den you goin do everyting Godʼs Rules say. 15 But if you guys go beef wit each odda, an eat up each odda jalike wild animals, den watch out, cuz you guys goin wipe out each odda.

Wat da Spirit Do, an Wat da Body Do

16 But I like tell you guys dis: Stay tight wit Godʼs Spirit, an you guys no goin do da kine stuff you like do jus cuz you peopo. 17 Cuz Godʼs Spirit no can take da kine stuff yoa body like do, an da body no can take da kine stuff Godʼs Spirit like do. Dey stay agains each odda. So den, you guys no can do da kine stuff you like do. 18 So, if you guys listen to Godʼs Spirit, den you guys no gotta do wat da Rules say fo get um right wit God. 19 Da bad kine stuff dey like do jus cuz dey peopo stay clear: dey like fool aroun anybody, even anodda guyʼs wife o husban, an do any kine pilau stuff. Dey no shame. 20 Dey go down an pray in front da idol kine gods. Dey put kahuna on top odda peopo. Dey hate odda peopo. Dey like make argue. Dey no like if da odda guy mo importan den dem. Dey get huhu. Dey ony tink bout demself. Dey everytime tink diffren an like split up da bruddas an sistas. 21 Dey like get da odda guyʼs stuffs. Dey everytime get drunk an party up, an all dat kine stuff. I telling you guys, jalike I wen tell you befo time, da peopo dat make lidat, dey no goin get God fo be dea King.

22 But if we stay tight wit Godʼs Spirit, he give us plenny love an aloha fo everybody. He make us guys stay good inside. He make our hearts rest inside. He help us wait fo da odda guy an stay cool. He help us tink good bout da odda peopo, an like do good kine stuff fo dem. He help us do wat we promise. 23 He help us make nice to peopo an do um wit good kine heart. He help us stay in charge a ourself. No mo rules dat say you no can do all dat kine stuff. 24 Everybody who Jesus Christʼs guy, dey no goin do all da kine bad stuff dey like do jus cuz dey peopo. Jalike dey wen put all dat kine stuff on top da cross wit Jesus Christ, an dat stuff no mo power ova dem. 25 If we stay tight wit Godʼs Spirit, den we everytime gotta let him stay in charge a us. 26 No get big head. No try make da odda guy beef. No try be mo betta den da odda guy.

Freedom in Christ

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)

Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised,(D) Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(E) You who are trying to be justified by the law(F) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(G) For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(H) For in Christ Jesus(I) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(J) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(K)

You were running a good race.(L) Who cut in on you(M) to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(N) “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(O) 10 I am confident(P) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(Q) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(R) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(S) In that case the offense(T) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(U) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(V) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(W) rather, serve one another(X) humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](Y) 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(Z) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(AA) 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(AB) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c] you want.(AC) 18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(AD) you are not under the law.(AE)

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(AF) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(AG) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(AH)

22 But the fruit(AI) of the Spirit is love,(AJ) joy, peace,(AK) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(AL) Against such things there is no law.(AM) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(AN) with its passions and desires.(AO) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(AP) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(AQ) provoking and envying each other.

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
  2. Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18
  3. Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what