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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Freedom in Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Life by the Spirit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:13 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) 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.</span></span></span><span class="content">; rather, serve one another humbly in love. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: &#8220;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:14 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you do not do what</span></span></span><span class="content"> you want. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GAL.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">than a fool whose lips are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Desire without knowledge is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">how much more will hasty feet miss the way!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s own folly leads to their ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">yet their heart rages against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth attracts many friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will not go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many curry favor with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned by all their relatives&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">how much more do their friends avoid them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">Though the poor pursue them with pleading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">they are nowhere to be found.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who gets wisdom loves life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s wisdom yields patience;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">it is to one&#8217;s glory to overlook an offense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s rage is like the roar of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">but his favor is like dew on the grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish child is a father&#8217;s ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">and a quarrelsome wife is like</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">the constant dripping of a leaky roof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">but a prudent wife is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Laziness brings on deep sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">and the shiftless go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">and he will reward them for what they have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">do not be a willing party to their death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">rescue them, and you will have to do it again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Listen to advice and accept discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">and at the end you will be counted among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Many are the plans in a person&#8217;s heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">but it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s purpose that prevails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What a person desires is unfailing love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Greed is a person&#8217;s shame</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">better to be poor than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> leads to life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">then one rests content, untouched by trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">he will not even bring it back to his mouth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">is a child who brings shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Stop listening to instruction, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A corrupt witness mocks at justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Penalties are prepared for mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">and beatings for the backs of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="m"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do not be misled: &#8220;Bad company corrupts good character.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:33 </span><span class="ft">From the Greek poet Menander</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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