Galatians 5:16
And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and never follow the cravings of the flesh.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
15But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.
Cross References
Romans 8:1There is therefore no condemnation, to them who, in Jesus Messiah, walk not after the flesh.
Romans 8:12Now we are debtors, my Brethren, not to the flesh, that we should walk according to the flesh:
1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, my Brethren, that the time to come is short; so that they who have wives, should be as if they had none;
Galatians 3:17And this I say: That the covenant which was previously confirmed by God in the Messiah, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot set it aside, and nullify the promise.
Galatians 5:24And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.
Ephesians 2:3in which deeds we also, formerly, were conversant, in the cravings of our flesh; and we did the pleasure of our flesh, and of our mind, and were altogether the children of wrath, like 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 →