Galatians 5:16

In 9 translations

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.

LSV

And I say, walk in the Spirit, and you may not fulfill the desire of the flesh;

YLT

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

DBY

But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

DRC

I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

GNV

Then I say, Walke in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lustes of the flesh.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Λέγω δέ, πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε.

RP2018

Λέγω δέ, πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε, καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε.

TR-Boyd

Λέγω δέ, πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε, καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε.

SCR1894

λεγω δε πνευματι περιπατειτε και επιθυμιαν σαρκος ου μη τελεσητε

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Cross-references most cited first

• Galatians 5:24–25Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
• Romans 8:12–14Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you…
• Galatians 6:8The 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.
• Galatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I…
• Colossians 3:5–10Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.…
• Romans 8:4–5so 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. Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh;…
• 1 John 2:15–16Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is…
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Romans 13:13–14Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no…
• Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
• Jude 1:19–21These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God…
• Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
• 1 Peter 4:1–4Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human…
• 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
• 1 Peter 4:6That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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