Galatians 5:16
I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfil the desire of the flesh:
1770 John Worsley NT
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 destroyed by one another.
Cross References
Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.
Romans 8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, that the time is short: it remains therefore, that even those, who have wives, be as though they had none;
Galatians 3:17This then I say, that the law, which was given four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the covenant, which was so long before confirmed by God unto Christ, to make void the promise.
Galatians 5:24And they, that are Christ's, have crucified the flesh with it's passions and desires.
Ephesians 2:3among whom also we were all conversant heretofore in our carnal desires, indulging the appetites of the flesh and of our imaginations; and were by nature 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 →