Galatians 5:23
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
In Context
22But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,
24And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.
Cross References
Acts 24:25And as he treated of justice, and chastity, and of the judgment to come, Felix being terrified, answered: For this time, go thy way: but when I have a convenient time, I will send for thee.
1 Timothy 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.
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 →