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Galatians 5:16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfil the lust of the flesh.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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Cross References

Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

1 Corinthians 7:29But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

Galatians 3:17Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Ephesians 2:3We also all once lived amongst them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

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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