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Galatians 5:15

Conflict and reconciliationFellowship and the churchEnvy and jealousyAnger

13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

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BSB
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
KJV
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
WEB
But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
ASV
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
DARBY
but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.
BLB
But if you⁺ bite and devour one another, watch out, lest you⁺ might be consumed by one another.
ÅB
Men dersom dere biter og spiser hverandre, da se til at dere ikke blir fortært av hverandre!
OTB
Hvis dere biter og eter hverandre, pass på at dere ikke blir fortært av hverandre.
B1930
Men dersom I biter og eter hverandre, da se til at I ikke blir fortært av hverandre!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 3:3

    for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

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  • James 3:14–4:3

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

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  • Galatians 5:26

    Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:20

    In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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  • Isaiah 9:20–21

    They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:6–8

    Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

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  • Isaiah 11:13

    Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

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