Galatians 5:23
meekness, holiness; against such things there is no law.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
In Context
22But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
24But those belonging to Christ Jesus have crucified carnality with the passions and lusts.
Cross References
Acts 24:25And he reasoning concerning righteousness and temperance and the coming judgment, Felix, being alarmed, responded, Go thy way for this time; and having received an opportunity, I will call for thee:
1 Timothy 1:9knowing this, that the law is not made for the righteous, but for the unrighteous and disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and the profane, for patricides, matricides and homocides,
Titus 2:2That the elderly men be sober, grave, prudent, sound in faith, in divine love, in patience:
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 →