Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.
Cross References
Romans 8:1THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:12So that, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time that remains is short; that both they who have wives may be as though they had none;
Galatians 3:17But this I say, that a covenant before confirmed by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, to make the promise of no effect.
Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ's crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all walked in time past in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others;--
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 →