Galatians 5:16
But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
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In The King James Version
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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Cross References
Romans 8:1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
Romans 8:12So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:
1 Corinthians 7:29But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
Galatians 3:17Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.
Galatians 5:24And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
Ephesians 2:3Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
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 →