Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
In Context
14For the whole law is fulfilled in one command: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
16But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the sinful nature.
Cross References
Judges 9:44Abimelech and the units that were with him attacked and blocked the entrance to the city gate. The other two units attacked all who were in the field and killed them.
Isaiah 9:20They will grab food on the right hand but still be hungry; they will eat food on the left hand but will not be satisfied. 1 Each will even eat the flesh of his own arm. + 9:20 Instead of the flesh of his own arm , some versions have the flesh of his own children . 1
Isaiah 11:13He will turn aside the envy of Ephraim, and hostilities of Judah will be cut off. 1 Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile to Ephraim. 1
1 Corinthians 3:3For you are still fleshly. For where jealousy and strife exist among you, are you not living according to the flesh, and are you not walking by human standards?
2 Corinthians 11:20For you put up with someone if he enslaves you, if he consumes you, if he takes advantage of you, if he considers himself better than you, or if he slaps you in the face.
Galatians 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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 →