Galatians 5:24
And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
In Context
23Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
25If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
Cross References
Romans 8:9You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.
Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
1 Corinthians 15:23But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.
Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
Galatians 5:20Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
1 Peter 2:11My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
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 →