Galatians 5:16
14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
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.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- KJV
- This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
- WEB
- But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- ASV
- But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
- DARBY
- But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.
- BLB
- Now I say, walk by the Spirit, and you⁺ shall never complete the desire [of] the flesh.
- ÅB
- Men jeg sier: Vandre i Ånden, så skal dere ikke fullbyrde kjødets begjæring.
- OTB
- Så jeg sier, vandre ved Ånden, og dere vil ikke oppfylle kjødets begjær.
- B1930
- Men jeg sier: Vandre i Ånden, så skal I ikke fullbyrde kjødets begjæring.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:24–25
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Read in contextRomans 8:12–14
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
Read in contextGalatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Read in contextColossians 3:5–10
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Read in contextRomans 8:4–5
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Read in context1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Read in context1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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