Galatians 5:16

Then I say, walke in the spirite, and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe.

Bible (Bishops')

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

15Yf ye byte and deuoure one another, take heede lest ye be consumed one of another.

17For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite, and the spirite contrary to the flesshe. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do what ye woulde.

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Cross References

Romans 8:1There is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.

Romans 8:12Therfore brethren, we are detters, not to the fleshe, to lyue after the fleshe.

Galatians 3:17This I say, that the lawe which began afterwarde, beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres, doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God, vnto Christe warde, to make the promise of none effect.

Galatians 5:24They truely that are Christes, haue crucified the flesshe, with the affections and lustes.

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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