Galatians 5:26
Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
In Context
25Since our Life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.
Cross References
Luke 14:10No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you ‘Friend, come higher up’; and then you will be honoured in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.
Galatians 5:15But, if you are continually wounding and preying upon one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.
James 3:14But, while you harbour envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth.
1 Peter 5:5Again, you younger men should show deference to the older. And all of you should put on the badge of humility in mutual service, for ‘God is opposed to the proud, but gives his help 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 →