Galatians 5:16
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
Noyes Bible
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 then now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:12So then, 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 remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
Galatians 3:17And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;
Galatians 5:24And they who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.
Ephesians 2:3among whom even we all had our way of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, 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 →