“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; — Paul catalogs 'erga tēs sarkos' (works of the flesh), beginning with three sexual transgressions: porneia (sexual immorality, non-marital sexuality), akatharsia (impurity, often ritual or moral uncleanliness), and aselgeia (debauchery, licentious excess), marking the flesh's trajectory toward dissolution.
Church Fathers on Galatians 5:19
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wrath, factions, divisions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I forewarn you even as I did forewarn you, that they which practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Answer me now, you that accusest your own flesh, and supposest that this is said of it as of an enemy and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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