Galatians 5:26
Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
In Context
25If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.
Cross References
Luke 14:10But when you are invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, so that, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together with you.
Galatians 5:15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
James 3:14But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth.
1 Peter 5:5Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
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 →