Galatians 5:15
But if ye bite and devour each other, watch out that ye be not consumed by each other.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
In Context
14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
16But I say, walk in Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of flesh.
Cross References
Judges 9:44And Abimelech, and the companies who were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, and the two companies rushed upon all who were in the field, and smote them.
Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry. And he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied. They shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm--
Isaiah 11:13Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?
2 Corinthians 11:20For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face.
Galatians 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking each other, envying each other.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:14-26
Practical Godliness Enforced; Works of the Flesh and of the Spirit; The Fruits of the Spirit. ( a. d. 56.) 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. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the… Read the whole commentary →