Galatians 5:16
This I say, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
Revised King James 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
15But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.
Cross References
Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: from now on let those who have wives be as though they had none;
Galatians 3:17And this is what I mean, that the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant which was previously ratified by God, and thus make the promise void.
Galatians 5:24And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Ephesians 2:3Among them we all lived in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, like the others.
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 →