Galatians 5:17

For 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;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

In Context

16But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

18but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

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Cross References

Psalms 19:12Who understandeth [his] errors? Purify me from secret [faults].

Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalms 119:4Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.

Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.

Psalms 119:35Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Psalms 119:133Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

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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