# Galatians 5.13 **Book:** [Galatians](/codex/galatians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 11. But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away. 12. I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision. > > **13. 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.** > > 14. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. (Galatians 5:11-15, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 11. But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 12. I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. > > **13. For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.** > > 14. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15. But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another. (Galatians 5:11-15, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 11. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 12. I would they were even cut off which trouble you. > > **13. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.** > > 14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. (Galatians 5:11-15, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 11. And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away; 12. O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you! > > **13. For ye, to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,** > > 14. for all the law in one word is fulfilled, in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' 15. and if one another ye do bite and devour, see, that ye may not by one another be consumed. (Galatians 5:11-15, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Christians Not Under Mosaic Law](/codex/christians-not-under-mosaic-law/), via [Galatians 5.13-14](/codex/galatians-5-13-14/) **Concepts:** - [Church in Galatia](/codex/church-in-galatia/) - [Grace vs Law](/codex/grace-vs-law/) **Lexicon:** - [G1401 - doulos](/codex/g1401-doulos/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.