Galatians 5:23
meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
In Context
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
24And they that are of Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
Cross References
Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.
1 Timothy 1:9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Titus 2:2that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, 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 →