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Galatians 5:16

Then I say, Walke in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lustes of the flesh.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

15If ye bite and deuoure one another, take heede least ye be consumed one of another.

17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary one to another, so that ye can not doe the same things that ye would.

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Cross References

Romans 8:1Now then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus, which walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:12Therefore brethren, wee are detters not to the flesh, to liue after the flesh:

1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:

Galatians 3:17And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

Galatians 5:24For they that are Christes, haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes.

Ephesians 2:3Among whom we also had our conuersation in time past, in the lustes of our flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath, as well 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 →

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