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Galatians 5:17 KJV
Galatians · chapter 5 · verse 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.Galatians 5:17 · King James Version
Galatians 5:17 in context
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.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 8:13
- Romans 8:5-8
- John 3:6
- Matthew 26:41
- Psalms 119:20
- Psalms 51:10-12
- Psalms 119:32
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
Key words (Strong's)
- contraryantikeimaito be set over against, opposite to, to oppose, be adverse to, withstandG480 →
- lustethepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- cannothina mēlest, that... notG3363 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
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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