16So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.


In Context

13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love.

14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

17 For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

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

Galatians 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16But I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.