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Xmelajcanemican pampa nentlamacahualti

Cristo otechmanahuij itech on tlanahuatijli para tinemij tlamacahualtin. Yejhua ica xmelajcanemican ipan on tlamacahualistli, niman ma ca ocsejpa xmotemacacan ipan on tlanahuatijli quen tlanamactin.

Xnechcaquican. Nejhua, Pablo, nemechijlia nemejhuamej yejhuan Cristo omechmanahuij itech on tlanahuatijli, ica Cristo xhuelis mechpalehuis tla nenquitlaliaj nemoyojlo itech on circuncisión ica yejhua mechpalehuis para nenquitlanisquej temaquixtilistli. Nicnequi niquijtos ocsejpa para cuajli xmatican ica san aquinon yejhuan quiselis on circuncisión pampa quinemilia quipalehuis para quitlanis temaquixtilistli, ica oncaj no quitlacamatis nochi on itlanahuatil Moisés. Nemejhuamej yejhuan nenquinequij para Dios quijtos ica nemotlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau pampa nenquitlacamatij on tlanahuatijli, nenquitlalcahuiyaj Cristo niman nenquitlalcahuiyaj iteicnelilis Dios.

Pero tejhuamej xtitlamachixtoquej ipan on tlanahuatijli. Tejhuamej itechcopa on Espíritu niman pampa ticneltocaj Cristo titlamachixtoquej ica Dios techijlis ica totlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau. Tla san secan tinemij ihuan Cristo Jesús, xitlaj quijtosnequi tla ticpiaj circuncisión noso ca. Yej quemaj hueyi quijtosnequi ma ticpiacan tlaneltoctli, niman in tlaneltoctli ma quichihua para ma titetlajsojtlacan. Nemejhuamej cuajli nemohuicayaj. ¿Aquinon, tej, omechcajcayau para ma ca sa xtlacamatican on tlen melahuac? Dios xejhua oquichiu, pampa yejhua mechnotzticaj itech Cristo. On yejhuan omechcajcayau sa no ijqui quen tlaxocolilistli. Ijquin nijtohua: “San achijtzin tlaxocolilistli cajcocui nochi tixtli de harina.” No sa no ijqui san se tlacatl yejhuan quitemaca on xcuajli temachtilistli, nochi tlacatl najcomana ica on xcuajli temachtilistli. 10 Nejhua nictlali noyojlo itech toTeco ica yejhua mechpalehuis para ma ca nencajcahuasquej on ica nenquineltocaj Cristo. Pero quiselis icastigo on tlacatl masqui san aquinon yejhuan mechtlaneltocpolosnequi.

11 Nocnihuan, ¿sequimej mechijliaj ica nejhua nicteijlijtinemi ica on tlacamej ica oncaj quipiasquej circuncisión para quiselisquej on temaquixtilistli? Tla oc ijcon nicteijlisquia, on hebreos xnechtlajyohuiltisquiaj, niman on temachtilistli itech ica icojnepanol Cristo xquitlahuelmatisquiaj. Pero yejhuamej oc nechtlajyohuiltiaj. 12 Pero para yejhuamej on yejhuan mechpasolojtinemij itechica on circuncisión, ¡nicnequisquia nimantzin noxelosquiaj totech yejhuan ticneltocaj ica Cristo techmaquixtia!

13 Nocnihuan, nemejhuamej Dios omechnotz para nennemisquej tlamacahualtin itech on tlanahuatijli. In xquijtosnequi ica cuajli para nenquichihuasquej on tlen xcuajli yejhuan nemotlalnacayo quinequij, yej nochi ocse tlamantic xchihuacan. Xmopalehuican sequimej ihuan ocsequimej ican tetlajsojtlalistli. 14 Nochi on tlanahuatiltin yejhuan oncaj ipan on tlanahuatijli cuajli nenquichihuasquej ijcuac nenquitlacamatisquej yejhua in se tlanahuatijli: “Xquintlajsojtla ocsequimej sa no ijqui quen tejhua timotlajsojtla.” 15 Pero tla sa no nemejhuamej nemotlahuelitaj niman nemohuijsoquij inhuan ocsequimej, xmotacan sa no nemejhuamej pampa sa no nemejhuamej nemoxoxotonisquej.

On tlen quinequi on Espíritu ocse tlamantic xquen on tlen quinequi totlalnacayo

16 Nejhua yejhua in nemechijlia: Xcahuilican on Espíritu Santo ma mechyecana. Niman tla nenquitlacamatisquej on Espíritu, xnenquichihuasquej on tlen xcuajli yejhuan nemotlalnacayo quinequi. 17 On tlen xcuajli yejhuan nemotlalnacayo quelehuiya quicualania on iEspíritu Dios, niman on tlen cuajli quinequi on Espíritu no quicualania on tlen xcuajli yejhuan nemotlalnacayo quelehuiyaj. Sa no yejhuamej tlahuelnemij. Yejhua ica xnenquichihuaj san tlen nenquinequij. 18 Pero tla mechyecana on Espíritu, tla ijcon, xnenquitlacamatij on tlanahuatijli. 19 On yejhuan quichihuaj on tlen xcuajli quelehuiya intlalnacayo, ixmachyojquej yejhua ica on tlajtlamach tlen xcuajli quichihuaj. Yejhuamej ahuilnemij, niman quichihuaj on tlen xcuajli niman xchipahuac. 20 Quinmahuistiliaj on tlamachijchijhualtin intajtzitzihuan, niman quichihuaj nahualyotl. Tlahuelnemij, nocuajcualaniaj niman chahuatij. San itlaj icatzin nimantzin cualanij niman quichihuaj itlaj san para yejhuamej. Texexelohuaj niman tesentlaliaj ojoncuaj. 21 Nexicolejquej, temictianimej, tlahuantinemij niman xsan cuajloticaj paxalohuaj, niman quichihuaj ocsequi tlajtlamach más yejhuan sa no ijqui. Nemechijlia ocsejpa ijcon quen yonemechijlijca, ica on yejhuan quichihuaj yejhua in tlajtlamach xhuelisquej calaquisquej ne campa Dios tlamandarohua.

22 Pero on yejhuan nohuicaj quen quinyecana on Espíritu, quipantlantiaj miyec tlajtlamach yejhuan cuajli itechcopa on Espíritu. Yejhuamej tetlajsojtlaj, paquij, noyolsehuiaj, noijyohuiyaj, tenotzquej, ican cuajli inyojlo tepalehuiyaj, nochipa quichihuaj on tlen quijtohuaj, 23 yolyemanquej, niman cuajli nonahuatiaj. Xitlaj oncaj tlanahuatijli yejhuan huelis quixnamiquis in quen in tlajtlamach yejhuan cuajli nochihua. 24 Niman on yejhuan teyaxcahuan itech Cristo Jesús, xoc quincahuilia on intlalnacayo ma quichihuacan on tlen xcuajli quen yejhuamej quelehuiaj niman quinequi quichihuaj.

25 Ticpiaj yencuic nemilistli itechcopa on Espíritu Santo. Yejhua ica ma ticahuilican on Espíritu Santo ma techyecana. 26 Ma ca titohueyimatisquej. Ma ca tiquimpajsolosquej ocsequimej, nion ma ca tiquinnexicolitasquej ocsequimej.

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