Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
Catholic Public Domain 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 entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
16So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
Cross References
Judges 9:44along with his own company, assaulting and besieging the city. But the two other companies pursued the enemies scattered in the field.
Isaiah 9:20And he will turn toward the right, and he will be hungry. And he will eat toward the left, and he will not be satisfied. Each one will eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasseh Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and together they will be against Judah.
Isaiah 11:13And the envy of Ephraim will be taken away, and the enemies of Judah will perish. Ephraim will not be a rival to Judah, and Judah will not fight against Ephraim.
1 Corinthians 3:3And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?
2 Corinthians 11:20For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.
Galatians 5:26Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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 →