Galatians 5:16
This is what I have to say – Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.
Open English Bible (US)
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
Cross References
Romans 8:1There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;
Romans 8:12So then, friends, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it.
1 Corinthians 7:29What I mean, friends, is this – the time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Galatians 3:17My point is this – An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.
Galatians 5:24And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.
Ephesians 2:3And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our nature exposed us to the divine wrath, like the rest of humanity.
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 →