Galatians 5:16
And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;
Young's Literal Translation
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
15and if one another ye do bite and devour, see — that ye may not by one another be consumed.
Cross References
Romans 8:1There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;
Romans 8:12So, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;
1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;
Galatians 3:17and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,
Galatians 5:24and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;
Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath — as also the 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 →