Galatians 5:26
And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
In Context
25Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.
Cross References
Luke 14:10But when thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee.
Galatians 5:15But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.
James 3:14But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not.
1 Peter 5:5And ye juniors submit yourselves to your seniors; and clothe yourselves, stringently, with lowliness of mind one towards another; because God resisteth them who exalt themselves, and giveth 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 →