Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Galatians 5:16
I say then — He now explains what he proposed, Galatians 5:13. Walk by the Spirit — Follow his guidance in all things. And fulfil not — In anything. The desire of the flesh — Of corrupt nature.
I say then — He now explains what he proposed, Galatians 5:13. Walk by the Spirit — Follow his guidance in all things. And fulfil not — In anything. The desire of the flesh — Of corrupt nature.
Verse 16. _WALK IN THE SPIRIT_] Get back that Spirit of God which you have grieved and lost; take up that _spiritual_ religion which you have abandoned. _YE SHALL NOT FULFIL THE LUST OF THE FLESH._]...
THIS I SAY THEN - This is the true rule about overcoming the propensities of your carnal natures, and of avoiding the evils of strife and contention. WALK - The Christian life is often represented as...
III. THE WALK OF THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER, AS NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Stand fast! Be not entangled! (Galatians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations and the law of love. (Galatians 5:7) 3....
GALATIANS 5:13 TO GALATIANS 6:10. Practical appendix to the epistle; in the form of guarding the doctrine of free grace against antinomian abuse....
I tell you, let your walk and conversation be dominated by the Spirit, and don't let the desires of the lower side of your nature have their way. For the desires of the lower side of human nature are...
AN OLD STORY AND A NEW MEANING (Galatians 4:21-31 ; Galatians 5:1) 5:1 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands writte...
IN THE SPIRIT. by spirit. App-101. NOT. Greek. _ou me_. App-105. FULFIL. Greek. _teleo_. Compare App-125. FLESH. See Romans 6:12; Romans 6:19; Romans 13:14....
The spiritual life of liberty inconsistent with the indulgence of the works of the flesh 16. _This I say then_ After affirming the great law of Christian perfection in Galatians 5:14 and pointing out...
13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
ΛΈΓΩ ΔῈ. Galatians 4:1 note. The δέ primarily, after St Paul’s manner, expresses a contrast to the immediately preceding description of disputes, but the chief motive of the following passage is to ex...
16–24. _The nature, outcome, and means of Liberty in daily life_ (Galatians 5:16) In contrast to such disputes, which are the visible signs of lives lived by the flesh, walk by the spirit and you will...
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, вести образ жизни. _Praes._ указывает на длительное привычное действие, ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ _dat. от_ ΠΝΕΎΜΑ (G4151) дух. _Dat._ указывает на действ...
DISCOURSE: 2082 WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, A PRESERVATIVE FROM SIN Galatians 5:16. _This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh_. IN the Church of God, no less than...
THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, &C.— That is, "I have been cautioning you against that contentious temper which is so great a reproach to the professors of Christianity, and tends so much to the...
Victory over the flesh Galatians 5:16-26 TEXT 5:16-18 (16) But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (17) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spiri...
_VERSE 16. THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YE SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH._ VERSE 16. And ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh....
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. THIS I SAY THEN - explaining Galatians 5:13, 'What I mean is this.' WALK IN THE SPIRIT - `By [ Pneumati (G4151)...
1 This paragraph is the summary and conclusion of the doctrinal argument. Tersely, he puts the case. Which shall it be _ Christ _ or _ circumcision_!' No half hearted allegiance here, no serving of tw...
5:16 in (h-5) The expression 'by the Spirit' occurs in vers. 18 and 25; but in ver. 16 'walk' refers to the general manner of life, as Romans 8:4 , so I have left 'in.' In vers. 18 and 25 'walk' refe...
THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation. P...
THE SPIRIT] the sanctifying Spirit of God. SHALL NOT FULFIL] because the Spirit and the flesh are contrary principles. THE FLESH] a general name for the sinful impulses....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE V1 We have freedom because Christ has made us free. Be certain that you remain free. You must not allow yourselv...
(16-26) To follow the guidance of the Spirit is to obtain a double release: on the one hand, from the evil appetites and passions of the flesh or of sense — which is the direct antithesis to the Spiri...
WALK. — Conduct yourselves: a metaphor very common in the writings of St. Paul, but not peculiar to them. It occurs three times in the Gospels, once in the Acts, thirty-three times in St. Paul’s Epist...
CHAPTER 23 CHRIST'S SPIRIT AND HUMAN FLESH. Galatians 5:16 LOVE is the guard of Christian freedom. The Holy Spirit is its guide. These principles accomplish what the law could never do. It withheld...
MEN WHO REGULATE THEIR LIVES BY THE SPIRIT WILL NOT CARRY OUT DESIRES OF THE FLESH. FOR GOD HAS SET THESE TWO FORCES IN MUTUAL ANTAGONISM WITHIN OUR HEARTS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF KEEPING DUE CHECK...
Πνεύματι περιπ.: _Walk by the spirit, i.e._, Regulate your lives by the rule of the spirit. You will not then fulfil the desire of the flesh....
PRODUCE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:13 That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a higher law,...
The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumcis...
(15) [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (15) He acknowledges the great weakness of the godly, because they are but in part regenerated: but he exhor...
(16) 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...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
_CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHRISTIAN WALK_ ‘This I say then, Walk in the Spirit.’ Galatians 5:16 It is important to observe that it is not the spirit of man that is here intended, but the Holy Spirit...
_POSITIVE CHRISTIANITY_ ‘Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.’ Galatians 5:16 These Galatians were a fierce, brave, generous, but untamed race of mountaineers, whose c...
16._This I say then_. Now follows the remedy. The ruin of the church is no light evil, and whatever threatens it must be opposed with the most determined resistance. But how is this to be accomplished...
It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that gr...
THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT,.... The advice the apostle thinks fit to give, and which he would have observed, is, to "walk in the Spirit", that is, either after the Spirit of God; making the w...
_This_ I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Ver. 16. _This I say then_] For an antidote against abuse of Christian liberty. Set the Spirit, as Pharaoh did Jo...
_I say then_ He now explains what he proposed Galatians 5:13; _Walk in_, or by, _the Spirit_ Namely, the Spirit of God: follow his guidance, exercise his graces, and bring forth his fruits: at all tim...
WALK IN THE SPIRIT; live under his influence and follow his directions. NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH; not follow sinful inclinations or comply with temptations to sin....
THIS I SAY, THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YE SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH....
The works of the flesh:...
LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from the...
I SAY THEN: WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YOU SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH. Let the Spirit - Guard, Guide and Dirct Stay with the Spirit = No flesh problems Flesh problems? Need more spirit wa...
YE SHALL NOT FULFILL: Or, fulfill not...
16-26 If it be our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the corrupt nature which remains in us, it shall no...
WALK IN THE SPIRIT; the apostle having, GALATIANS 5:13, cautioned them against turning the grace of God into wantonness, by using their liberty as an occasion to the flesh; here he directeth them to t...
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, temperance, goodness, faith, meekness."[93] Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul and...
Galatians 5:16 say G3004 (G5719) then G1161 Walk G4043 (G5720) Spirit G4151 and G2532 shall G5055 not...
FREEDOM IS NOT TO BE MISINTERPRETED AS LICENCE. THEY MUST WALK IN LOVE AND BY THE SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:13). Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is presenting gives men licence t...
‘But I say, “Walk by the Spirit and you will not fulfil the longing of the flesh. For the flesh longs against the Spirit, and the Spirit longs against the flesh. For these are contrary, the one to the...
_Walking by the Spirit. The Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit._ Paul exhorts the Galatians to lead a truly Christian life under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and contrasts the vices o...
Galatians 5:16. Paul returns to the warning in Galatians 5:13, not to abuse the freedom for an occasion to the flesh. WALK BY THE SPIRIT, according to the rule and direction of the Holy Spirit who is...
YE SHALL NOT FULFIL (ου μη τελεσητε). Rather, "Ye will not fulfil." Strong double negative with aorist active subjunctive.THE LUST OF THE FLESH (επιθυμιαν σαρκος). Bad sense here as usual in Paul,...
Galatians 5:13. _For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another._ Do not turn your liberty into license. The apostle...
Remember, beloved brethren, that the Epistle to the Galatians is one in which Paul, with especial clearness, proves the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So much is this the case, that the fam...
Galatians 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ had made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Chris...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage._ «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not subje...
CONTENTS: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law. Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of the Spirit's work not self-effort. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,_ by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your cele...
LET THE SPIRIT. The voice of the Spirit speaks through the New Testament especially, and as we listen to Him speak and guide our lives by what He says, we will avoid the evil desires of human nature t...
_Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh._ FLESH VERSUS SPIRIT A Galatian Christian might argue that the religion of Christ had not wrought for him the deliverance which he...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:16 Life under the law expresses itself in the works of the flesh, but those who live by the Spirit bear fruit pleasing to God. ⇐...
CHAPTER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. S. Paul proceeds to urge the Galatians not to submit to the yoke of the Old Law, lest they be deprived of the fruits of Christ's righteousness, since in Him neit...
_I say then, Walk in the Spirit._ The summary, the one aim of the whole of this Epistle, is this: Walk not in the law, not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. The root of all your trouble is want of the...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 5:13. USE NOT LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH.—Do not give the flesh the handle or pretext for its indulgence, which it eagerly seeks for. BY LOVE SERV...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 5:1 GALATIANS 5:2 BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); _lo_,_ I Paul say unto you. _The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Paul's writings on...
Shall we turn now to Galatians chapter five. The whole concept is: how do I establish a righteous standing before God? Can I be righteous by keeping the law? Or am I righteous by my simple faith in Je...
1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:16; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter
Walk [π ε ρ ι π α τ ε ι τ ε]. Frequent in a metaphorical sense for habitual conduct. See Mark 7:5; John 8:12; Acts 21:21; Romans 6:4;...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative to the Sp...
THE GRACES OF THE SPIRIT'S INDWELLING Galatians 5:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The works of the flesh are manifest. It is not necessary for anyone to draw upon his imagination to describe the works of...
"To prevent the fore-mentioned evils, as if the apostle had said,. advise and exhort you to walk had said,. advise and exhort you to walk in the Spirit, that is, according to the guidance and directio...