Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you may not be consumed one of another.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 has been fulfilled in one word, in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor with divine love as thyself.

16And I say, Walk about in the Spirit, and do not perfect the lust of carnality.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet carnal. For where there are envy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and walking about according to man?

2 Corinthians 11:20for you bear with them, if any one enslaves you, if any one devours you, if any one captures you, if any one is exalted against you, if any one smites you in the face.

Galatians 5:26Let us not be fond of vain glory, 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 →

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