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 \v 1 Foolish Galatians! Who has put a spell on you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly displayed as crucified.
 \v 2 This is the only thing I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith?
-\v 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to finish by the flesh?
+\v 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to be perfected by the flesh?
 
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 \v 4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing—if indeed it was in vain?
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 \v 17 Now what I am saying is this: The law, which came 430 years afterward, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God, to nullify the promise.
-\v 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, then it no longer comes by promise. But God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
+\v 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, then it no longer comes by promise. But God freely gave it to Abraham by a promise.
 
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 \v 19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the descendant of Abraham would come to whom the promise had been made. The law was ordained through angels by the hands of a mediator.
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 \v 5 He did this to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
 
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-\v 6 And because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, who calls out, "Abba, Father."
+\v 6 And because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, who cries out, "Abba, Father."
 \v 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then you are also an heir through God.
 
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-\v 1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not again be put under the control of a yoke of slavery.
+\v 1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not again be subject to a yoke of slavery.
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 \v 2 Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will not benefit you in any way.
 
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 \v 8 This persuasion does not come from him who calls you!
 
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-\v 9 A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.
+\v 9 A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
 \v 10 I have confidence in the Lord that you will think nothing different. The one who is troubling you will suffer the judgment, whoever he is.
 
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 \v 11 Brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
-\v 12 As for those who are disturbing you, I wish they would castrate themselves!
+\v 12 As for those who are disturbing you, I wish they would cut themselves off!
 
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 \v 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
-\v 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh. For these are in conflict with each other, so that you cannot do the things you want.
+\v 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh. For these oppose each other, so that you cannot do the things you want.
 \v 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
 
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-\v 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
+\v 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
 \v 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalry, dissension, divisions,
 \v 21 envy, drunkenness, drunken celebrations, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.