Focused Passage

Galatians 5:16-18

Stand Firm in Freedom: Faith Working Through Love and Life by the Spirit

Paul commands the Galatians to stand firm in Christ-given freedom, warns that receiving circumcision as necessary severs one from Christ's gracious ground of righteousness, clarifies that faith expresses itself through love, and then contrasts the works of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit.

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16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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Verse 16

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SoδέG1161ConjunctionI sayΛέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularwalkπεριπατεῖτεG4043Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Pluralby [the] SpiritΠνεύματιG4151Noun - Dative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐG3756AdverbvvvμὴG3361Adverbyou will not gratifyτελέσητεG5055Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural[the] desiresἐπιθυμίανG1939Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[of the] fleshσαρκὸςG4561Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 17

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ForγὰρG1063ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularfleshσὰρξG4561Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularcravesἐπιθυμεῖG1937Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularwhat is contraryκατὰG2596Prepositionto theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεύματοςG4151Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularandδὲG1161ConjunctiontheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεῦμαG4151Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularwhat is contraryκατὰG2596Prepositionto theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfleshσαρκόςG4561Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-γὰρG1063Conjunction[They]ταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Pluralare opposedἀντίκειταιG480Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularto each otherἀλλήλοιςG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Dative Neuter Pluralso thatἵναG2443ConjunctionvvvμὴG3361Adverbyou do not doποιῆτεG4160Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person PluralwhatταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural. . .G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralvvvἐὰνG1437Conjunctionyou wantθέλητεG2309Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Verse 18

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ButδὲG1161ConjunctionifεἰG1487Conjunctionyou are led byἄγεσθεG71Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural[the] SpiritΠνεύματιG4151Noun - Dative Neuter Singularyou areἐστὲG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralnotοὐκG3756AdverbunderὑπὸG5259Preposition[the] lawνόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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