Galatians 5:26
Let us not be fond of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
In Context
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Cross References
Luke 14:10But when you may be invited, coming in sit down in the last place; in order that when the one having invited thee may come, he will say to thee, Friend, come up higher: then there will be glory to thee in the presence of all those sitting along with thee.
Galatians 5:15But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you may not be consumed one of another.
James 3:14But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth.
1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
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 →