Galatians 5:16
This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Montgomery New Testament
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
Cross References
Romans 8:1Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;
Romans 8:12Therefore, brothers, we are debtors - but not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;
1 Corinthians 7:29Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Galatians 3:17I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.
Galatians 5:24And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.
Ephesians 2:3And among them we all once passed our lives, indulging the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of our senses and temperament, and were by nature the children of wrath like all 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 →