Galatians 5:23
Meekness, wilful restrain: against such there is no law.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
In Context
24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Cross References
Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, wilful restrain, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go your way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.
1 Timothy 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in love, (o. agape) in patience.
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 →