Galatians 5:16
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Revised Version 1895
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, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Cross References
Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:12So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
Galatians 3:17Now this I say; A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
Galatians 5:24And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as 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 →