Galatians 5:15
But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?
2 Corinthians 11:20For ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes you, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.
Galatians 5:26Let us not become vainglorious, 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 →