Romans 7:25 The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my h...

7:25 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
新标点和合本 - 感谢　神，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服　神的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 感谢上帝，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能！这样看来，一方面，我内心顺服上帝的律，另一方面，肉体却顺服罪的律了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 感谢　神，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能！这样看来，一方面，我内心顺服　神的律，另一方面，肉体却顺服罪的律了。
当代译本 - 感谢上帝，祂借着我们的主耶稣基督救了我！这样看来，我的内心服从上帝的律法，但我的本性却服从犯罪的律。
圣经新译本 - 感谢　神，藉着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。可见，一方面我自己心里服事　神的律，另一方面我的肉体却服事罪的律。
中文标准译本 - 藉着我们的主耶稣基督，感谢归于神！由此可见，我自己一方面在理性上服从神的法则，另一方面在肉体中却服从罪的法则。
现代标点和合本 - 感谢神！靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服神的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
和合本（拼音版） - 感谢上帝！靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服上帝的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
New International Version - Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
New International Reader's Version - I give thanks to God who saves me. He saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord. So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law. But sin controls my desires. So I am a slave to the law of sin.
English Standard Version - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
New Living Translation - Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Christian Standard Bible - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.
New American Standard Bible - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
New King James Version - I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Amplified Bible - Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity—I serve] the law of sin.
American Standard Version - I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
King James Version - I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
New English Translation - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
World English Bible - I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.
新標點和合本 - 感謝神，靠着我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來，我以內心順服神的律，我肉體卻順服罪的律了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 感謝上帝，靠着我們的主耶穌基督就能！這樣看來，一方面，我內心順服上帝的律，另一方面，肉體卻順服罪的律了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 感謝　神，靠着我們的主耶穌基督就能！這樣看來，一方面，我內心順服　神的律，另一方面，肉體卻順服罪的律了。
當代譯本 - 感謝上帝，祂藉著我們的主耶穌基督救了我！這樣看來，我的內心服從上帝的律法，但我的本性卻服從犯罪的律。
聖經新譯本 - 感謝　神，藉著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。可見，一方面我自己心裡服事　神的律，另一方面我的肉體卻服事罪的律。
呂振中譯本 - 感謝上帝，藉着我們的主耶穌基督、就能脫離了。這樣看來，論我自己、我是心思上給上帝之律做奴僕，而肉體上給罪之律做奴僕的。
中文標準譯本 - 藉著我們的主耶穌基督，感謝歸於神！由此可見，我自己一方面在理性上服從神的法則，另一方面在肉體中卻服從罪的法則。
現代標點和合本 - 感謝神！靠著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來，我以內心順服神的律，我肉體卻順服罪的律了。
文理和合譯本 - 感謝上帝、由我主耶穌基督為然、是故我以心志服於上帝律、以形軀服於罪律、
文理委辦譯本 - 惟賴吾主耶穌基督為然、故謝上帝、由是觀之、服上帝法者內心、服惡法者外心也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我感謝天主、賴我主耶穌基督而得此救、如是、我以心服天主之法、以肉體服罪之法、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟謝天主、已予我以生路矣、生路伊何、即耶穌基督吾人之主是已！若夫憑吾自身、則心中雖服膺天主之法、而肉身則猶為罪孽之奴耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Gracias a Dios por medio de Jesucristo nuestro Señor! En conclusión, con la mente yo mismo me someto a la ley de Dios, pero mi naturaleza pecaminosa está sujeta a la ley del pecado.
현대인의 성경 - 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 통해 나를 구원해 주신 하나님께 감사합니다. 아직도 내 마음은 하나님의 법을 따르고 육신은 죄의 법을 따르고 있습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Но благодарение Богу, Который сделал это через Иисуса Христа, нашего Господа! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Бога, а телом я раб закону греха.
Восточный перевод - Но благодарение Всевышнему, Который сделал это через Ису Масиха, нашего Повелителя! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Всевышнего, а телом я раб закону греха.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но благодарение Аллаху, Который сделал это через Ису аль-Масиха, нашего Повелителя! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Аллаха, а телом я раб закону греха.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но благодарение Всевышнему, Который сделал это через Исо Масеха, нашего Повелителя! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Всевышнего, а телом я раб закону греха.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dieu soit loué : c’est par Jésus-Christ notre Seigneur . En résumé : moi-même, je suis , par la raison, au service de la Loi de Dieu, mais je suis, dans ce que je vis concrètement , esclave de la loi du péché.
Nestle Aland 28 - χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν. Ἄρα οὖν αὐτὸς ἐγὼ τῷ μὲν νοῒ δουλεύω νόμῳ θεοῦ τῇ δὲ σαρκὶ νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - χάρις τῷ Θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν! ἄρα οὖν αὐτὸς ἐγὼ, τῷ μὲν νοῒ δουλεύω νόμῳ Θεοῦ; τῇ δὲ σαρκὶ, νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας.
Nova Versão Internacional - Graças a Deus por Jesus Cristo, nosso Senhor! De modo que, com a mente, eu próprio sou escravo da Lei de Deus; mas, com a carne, da lei do pecado.
Hoffnung für alle - Gott sei Dank! Durch unseren Herrn Jesus Christus bin ich bereits befreit. So befinde ich mich in einem Zwiespalt: Mit meinem Denken und Sehnen folge ich zwar dem Gesetz Gottes, mit meinen Taten aber dem Gesetz der Sünde.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tạ ơn Đức Chúa Trời! Tôi được giải cứu nhờ Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu, Chúa chúng ta. Như vậy, vì tâm trí tôi tuân theo luật pháp của Đức Chúa Trời, nhưng vì bản tính tội lỗi mà tôi nô lệ tội lỗi.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ขอบพระคุณพระเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าพ้นได้โดยทางพระเยซูคริสต์องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าของเรา! ดังนั้นแล้วในด้านจิตใจข้าพเจ้าเองเป็นทาสของกฎแห่งพระเจ้า แต่ในด้านวิสัยบาปข้าพเจ้าเป็นทาสของกฎแห่งบาป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ขอบคุณพระเจ้าโดยผ่านพระเยซูคริสต์ องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าของเรา ฉะนั้นตามความคิดของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าเป็นทาสต่อกฎบัญญัติของพระเจ้า ส่วนฝ่ายเนื้อหนังนั้น ข้าพเจ้าเป็นทาสต่อกฎแห่งบาป

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Philippians 4:6 - Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Isaiah 12:1 - And you will say in that day, “I thank you, God. You were angry but your anger wasn’t forever. You withdrew your anger and moved in and comforted me.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. * * *
Romans 7:17 - But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
Romans 7:21 - It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
Romans 7:24 - I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?
Isaiah 49:13 - Heavens, raise the roof! Earth, wake the dead! Mountains, send up cheers! God has comforted his people. He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.
Galatians 5:19 - It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. This isn’t the first time I have warned you, you know. If you use your freedom this way, you will not inherit God’s kingdom.
Galatians 5:22 - But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Galatians 5:23 - Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.

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交叉引用

The Message - The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
新标点和合本 - 感谢　神，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服　神的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 感谢上帝，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能！这样看来，一方面，我内心顺服上帝的律，另一方面，肉体却顺服罪的律了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 感谢　神，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能！这样看来，一方面，我内心顺服　神的律，另一方面，肉体却顺服罪的律了。
当代译本 - 感谢上帝，祂借着我们的主耶稣基督救了我！这样看来，我的内心服从上帝的律法，但我的本性却服从犯罪的律。
圣经新译本 - 感谢　神，藉着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。可见，一方面我自己心里服事　神的律，另一方面我的肉体却服事罪的律。
中文标准译本 - 藉着我们的主耶稣基督，感谢归于神！由此可见，我自己一方面在理性上服从神的法则，另一方面在肉体中却服从罪的法则。
现代标点和合本 - 感谢神！靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服神的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
和合本（拼音版） - 感谢上帝！靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服上帝的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
New International Version - Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
New International Reader's Version - I give thanks to God who saves me. He saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord. So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law. But sin controls my desires. So I am a slave to the law of sin.
English Standard Version - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
New Living Translation - Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Christian Standard Bible - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.
New American Standard Bible - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
New King James Version - I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Amplified Bible - Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity—I serve] the law of sin.
American Standard Version - I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
King James Version - I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
New English Translation - Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
World English Bible - I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.
新標點和合本 - 感謝神，靠着我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來，我以內心順服神的律，我肉體卻順服罪的律了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 感謝上帝，靠着我們的主耶穌基督就能！這樣看來，一方面，我內心順服上帝的律，另一方面，肉體卻順服罪的律了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 感謝　神，靠着我們的主耶穌基督就能！這樣看來，一方面，我內心順服　神的律，另一方面，肉體卻順服罪的律了。
當代譯本 - 感謝上帝，祂藉著我們的主耶穌基督救了我！這樣看來，我的內心服從上帝的律法，但我的本性卻服從犯罪的律。
聖經新譯本 - 感謝　神，藉著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。可見，一方面我自己心裡服事　神的律，另一方面我的肉體卻服事罪的律。
呂振中譯本 - 感謝上帝，藉着我們的主耶穌基督、就能脫離了。這樣看來，論我自己、我是心思上給上帝之律做奴僕，而肉體上給罪之律做奴僕的。
中文標準譯本 - 藉著我們的主耶穌基督，感謝歸於神！由此可見，我自己一方面在理性上服從神的法則，另一方面在肉體中卻服從罪的法則。
現代標點和合本 - 感謝神！靠著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來，我以內心順服神的律，我肉體卻順服罪的律了。
文理和合譯本 - 感謝上帝、由我主耶穌基督為然、是故我以心志服於上帝律、以形軀服於罪律、
文理委辦譯本 - 惟賴吾主耶穌基督為然、故謝上帝、由是觀之、服上帝法者內心、服惡法者外心也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我感謝天主、賴我主耶穌基督而得此救、如是、我以心服天主之法、以肉體服罪之法、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟謝天主、已予我以生路矣、生路伊何、即耶穌基督吾人之主是已！若夫憑吾自身、則心中雖服膺天主之法、而肉身則猶為罪孽之奴耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Gracias a Dios por medio de Jesucristo nuestro Señor! En conclusión, con la mente yo mismo me someto a la ley de Dios, pero mi naturaleza pecaminosa está sujeta a la ley del pecado.
현대인의 성경 - 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 통해 나를 구원해 주신 하나님께 감사합니다. 아직도 내 마음은 하나님의 법을 따르고 육신은 죄의 법을 따르고 있습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Но благодарение Богу, Который сделал это через Иисуса Христа, нашего Господа! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Бога, а телом я раб закону греха.
Восточный перевод - Но благодарение Всевышнему, Который сделал это через Ису Масиха, нашего Повелителя! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Всевышнего, а телом я раб закону греха.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но благодарение Аллаху, Который сделал это через Ису аль-Масиха, нашего Повелителя! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Аллаха, а телом я раб закону греха.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но благодарение Всевышнему, Который сделал это через Исо Масеха, нашего Повелителя! Итак, моим разумом я служу Закону Всевышнего, а телом я раб закону греха.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dieu soit loué : c’est par Jésus-Christ notre Seigneur . En résumé : moi-même, je suis , par la raison, au service de la Loi de Dieu, mais je suis, dans ce que je vis concrètement , esclave de la loi du péché.
Nestle Aland 28 - χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν. Ἄρα οὖν αὐτὸς ἐγὼ τῷ μὲν νοῒ δουλεύω νόμῳ θεοῦ τῇ δὲ σαρκὶ νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - χάρις τῷ Θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν! ἄρα οὖν αὐτὸς ἐγὼ, τῷ μὲν νοῒ δουλεύω νόμῳ Θεοῦ; τῇ δὲ σαρκὶ, νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας.
Nova Versão Internacional - Graças a Deus por Jesus Cristo, nosso Senhor! De modo que, com a mente, eu próprio sou escravo da Lei de Deus; mas, com a carne, da lei do pecado.
Hoffnung für alle - Gott sei Dank! Durch unseren Herrn Jesus Christus bin ich bereits befreit. So befinde ich mich in einem Zwiespalt: Mit meinem Denken und Sehnen folge ich zwar dem Gesetz Gottes, mit meinen Taten aber dem Gesetz der Sünde.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tạ ơn Đức Chúa Trời! Tôi được giải cứu nhờ Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu, Chúa chúng ta. Như vậy, vì tâm trí tôi tuân theo luật pháp của Đức Chúa Trời, nhưng vì bản tính tội lỗi mà tôi nô lệ tội lỗi.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ขอบพระคุณพระเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าพ้นได้โดยทางพระเยซูคริสต์องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าของเรา! ดังนั้นแล้วในด้านจิตใจข้าพเจ้าเองเป็นทาสของกฎแห่งพระเจ้า แต่ในด้านวิสัยบาปข้าพเจ้าเป็นทาสของกฎแห่งบาป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ขอบคุณพระเจ้าโดยผ่านพระเยซูคริสต์ องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าของเรา ฉะนั้นตามความคิดของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าเป็นทาสต่อกฎบัญญัติของพระเจ้า ส่วนฝ่ายเนื้อหนังนั้น ข้าพเจ้าเป็นทาสต่อกฎแห่งบาป

Philippians 4:6 - Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Isaiah 12:1 - And you will say in that day, “I thank you, God. You were angry but your anger wasn’t forever. You withdrew your anger and moved in and comforted me.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. * * *
Romans 7:17 - But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
Romans 7:21 - It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
Romans 7:24 - I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?
Isaiah 49:13 - Heavens, raise the roof! Earth, wake the dead! Mountains, send up cheers! God has comforted his people. He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.
Galatians 5:19 - It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. This isn’t the first time I have warned you, you know. If you use your freedom this way, you will not inherit God’s kingdom.
Galatians 5:22 - But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Galatians 5:23 - Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.