Galatians 5:15
and if one another ye do bite and devour, see — that ye may not by one another be consumed.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
In Context
14for all the law in one word is fulfilled — in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
16And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;
Cross References
Judges 9:44And Abimelech and the detachments who [are] with him have pushed on, and stand at the opening of the gate of the city, and the two detachments have pushed against all who are in the field, and smite them,
Isaiah 9:20And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
Isaiah 11:13And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim.
1 Corinthians 3:3for yet ye are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?
2 Corinthians 11:20for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;
Galatians 5:26let us not become vain-glorious — one another provoking, one another envying!
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 →