Galatians 5:16

But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

In Context

15but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

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Cross References

Romans 8:1[There is] then now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:12So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh;

1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

Galatians 3:17Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

Galatians 5:24But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

Ephesians 2:3among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as 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 →

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