“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. — Paul's final warning against flesh-motivated vices within the community: 'kenodoxos' (vain conceit), 'provocation' ('prokaleomai' — challenge to combat), and mutual envy ('phthoneō') undermine community and contradict Spirit-fruit; the closing focuses the catalog on internal communal sins.
Church Fathers on Galatians 5:26
“If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk,” — being governed by His laws. For this is the force of the words “let us walk,” that is, let us be content with the power of the Spirit, and seek no help from the Law. Then, signifying that those who would fain have introduced circumcision were actuated by ambitious motives, he says, “Let us not be vainglorious,” which is the cause of all evils, “provoking one another” to contentions and strife, “envying one…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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