Galatians 5:16
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.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye 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
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Read in contextRomans 8:12–14
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Read in contextGalatians 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Read in contextColossians 3:5–10
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Read in contextRomans 8:4–5
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Read in context1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Read in context1 John 2:15–16
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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