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Galatians 5:16 KJV
Galatians · chapter 5 · verse 16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.Galatians 5:16 · King James Version
Galatians 5:16 in context
14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17For 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.
18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Commentary
Cross references
- Galatians 5:24-25
- Romans 8:12-14
- Galatians 6:8
- Galatians 5:19-21
- Colossians 3:5-10
- Romans 8:4-5
- 1 John 2:15-16
- 1 Peter 2:11
Key words (Strong's)
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- fulfilteleōto bring to a close, to finish, to end, passed, finished, to perform, execute, complete…G5055 →
- Walkperipateōto walk, to make one s way, progress to make due use of opportunities, Hebrew for, to…G4043 →
- lustepithymiadesire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lustG1939 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
Topics
Bible verses about Lust and PurityBible verses about TemptationBible verses about the Flesh and the SpiritBible verses about the Fruit of the SpiritBible verses about the Work of the Holy Spirit
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In the latter part of this chapter the apostle comes to exhort these Christians to serious practical godliness, as the best antidote against the snares of the false teachers. Two things especially he presses upon them: - I. That they should not strive with one another, but love one another.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-26