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Galatians 5:16

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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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 by another.

17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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Cross References

Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;

Galatians 3:17And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our manner of life 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, even as 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 →

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