SCRIPTURE
Galatians 5: 1, 13-25
1
For freedom
Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke
of slavery.
13
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your
freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to
one another. 14 For the whole law is summed up in a single
commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 15
If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not
consumed by one another. 16 Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not
gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For what the flesh desires is
opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for
these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. 18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. 19
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions,
factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I
am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God. 22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions
and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by
the Spirit.