Galatians 5:16 — Community Reflections

GALATIANS 5:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. — Paul's foundational imperative: 'peripateo en pneumati' (walk by/in the Spirit) provides the operative principle that prevents 'epithumia tēs sarkos' (desires of the flesh) from taking control, establishing the Spirit as the liberating power opposing fleshly impulses.

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