Galatians 5:1

AMP: It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].

ASV: For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

BSB: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

DARBY: Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

DRA: Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.

KJV: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:2

AMP: Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision [as a supposed requirement of salvation], Christ will be of no benefit to you [for you will lack the faith in Christ that is necessary for salvation].

ASV: Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

BSB: Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

DARBY: Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

DRA: Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

KJV: Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Galatians 5:3

AMP: Once more I solemnly affirm to every man who receives circumcision [as a supposed requirement of salvation], that he is under obligation and required to keep the whole Law.

ASV: Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

BSB: Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

DARBY: And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

DRA: And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to the whole law.

KJV: For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Galatians 5:4

AMP: You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing].

ASV: Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

BSB: You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

DARBY: Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

DRA: You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.

KJV: Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Galatians 5:5

AMP: For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation].

ASV: For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

BSB: But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

DARBY: For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

DRA: For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice.

KJV: For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Galatians 5:6

AMP: For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love.

ASV: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

BSB: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

DARBY: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

DRA: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.

KJV: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Galatians 5:7

AMP: You were running [the race] well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth?

ASV: Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

BSB: You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

DARBY: Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

DRA: You did run well, who hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?

KJV: Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

Galatians 5:8

AMP: This [deceptive] persuasion is not from Him who called you [to freedom in Christ].

ASV: This persuasion [came] not of him that calleth you.

BSB: Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.

DARBY: The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.

DRA: This persuasion is not from him that calleth you.

KJV: This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

Galatians 5:9

AMP: A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church].

ASV: A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

BSB: A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

DARBY: A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

DRA: A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.

KJV: A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Galatians 5:10

AMP: I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view [contrary to mine on the matter]; but the one who is disturbing you, whoever he is, will have to bear the penalty.

ASV: I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

BSB: I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

DARBY: *I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

DRA: 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.

KJV: I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

Galatians 5:11

AMP: But as for me, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished.

ASV: But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.

BSB: Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

DARBY: But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

DRA: And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void.

KJV: And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

Galatians 5:12

AMP: I wish that those who are troubling you [by teaching that circumcision is necessary for salvation] would even [go all the way and] castrate themselves!

ASV: I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

BSB: As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

DARBY: I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

DRA: I would they were even cut off, who trouble you.

KJV: I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

Galatians 5:13

AMP: For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.

ASV: For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

BSB: For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

DARBY: For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

DRA: 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.

KJV: For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Galatians 5:14

AMP: For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is fulfilled in one precept, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit].” [Lev 19:18]

ASV: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

BSB: The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

DARBY: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

DRA: For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

KJV: For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Galatians 5:15

AMP: But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another.

ASV: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

BSB: But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

DARBY: but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

DRA: But if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be not consumed one of another.

KJV: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Galatians 5:16

AMP: But I say, walk habitually in the [Holy] Spirit [seek Him and be responsive to His guidance], and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the sinful nature [which responds impulsively without regard for God and His precepts].

ASV: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

BSB: So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

DARBY: But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

DRA: I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.

KJV: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:17

AMP: For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the [desire of the] Spirit opposes the sinful nature; for these [two, the sinful nature and the Spirit] are in direct opposition to each other [continually in conflict], so that you [as believers] do not [always] do whatever [good things] you want to do.

ASV: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

BSB: For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

DARBY: For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

DRA: 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.

KJV: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Galatians 5:18

AMP: But if you are guided and led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.

ASV: But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

BSB: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

DARBY: but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

DRA: But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.

KJV: But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Galatians 5:19

AMP: Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control),

ASV: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

BSB: The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

DARBY: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

DRA: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,

KJV: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Galatians 5:20

AMP: idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies],

ASV: idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

BSB: idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

DARBY: idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

DRA: Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,

KJV: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Galatians 5:21

AMP: envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

ASV: envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

BSB: and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

DARBY: envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

DRA: 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.

KJV: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22

AMP: But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

ASV: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

BSB: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

DARBY: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

DRA: But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,

KJV: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Galatians 5:23

AMP: gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

ASV: meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

BSB: gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

DARBY: meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

DRA: Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

KJV: Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:24

AMP: And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.

ASV: And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

BSB: Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

DARBY: But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

DRA: And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.

KJV: And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Galatians 5:25

AMP: If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit].

ASV: If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

BSB: Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

DARBY: If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.

DRA: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

KJV: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Galatians 5:26

AMP: We must not become conceited, challenging or provoking one another, envying one another.

ASV: Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

BSB: Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

DARBY: Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

DRA: Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying on another.

KJV: Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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