Focused Passage

Galatians 5:19-21

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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19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Verse 19

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-δέG1161ConjunctionTheτὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralactsἔργαG2041Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfleshσαρκόςG4561Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularareἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularobviousΦανερὰG5318Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural-ἅτινάG3748Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural-ἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularsexual immoralityπορνείαG4202Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularimpurityἀκαθαρσίαG167Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular[and] debaucheryἀσέλγειαG766Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 20

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idolatryεἰδωλολατρίαG1495Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular[and] sorceryφαρμακείαG5331Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularhatredἔχθραιG2189Noun - Nominative Feminine PluraldiscordἔριςG2054Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularjealousyζῆλοςG2205Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[and] rageθυμοίG2372Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralrivalriesἐριθεῖαιG2052Noun - Nominative Feminine PluraldivisionsδιχοστασίαιG1370Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralfactionsαἱρέσειςG139Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Verse 21

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[and] envyφθόνοιG5355Noun - Nominative Masculine PluraldrunkennessμέθαιG3178Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralorgiesκῶμοιG2970Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheτὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PlurallikeὅμοιαG3664Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural. . .τούτοιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural-G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralI warnπρολέγωG4302Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralasκαθὼςG2531AdverbI did beforeπροεῖπονG4302Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionthoseοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Pluralwho practiceπράσσοντεςG4238Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralsuchτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralthingsτοιαῦταG5108Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralvvvοὐG3756Adverbwill not inheritκληρονομήσουσινG2816Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural[the] kingdomβασιλείανG932Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

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