English Standard Version
Galatians 5:25
25If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
- New International Version (NIV)Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Context of Galatians 5:25
23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Galatians 5:25
- John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
- Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 1 Peter 4:6For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
- Revelation 11:11But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
- Galatians 5:16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Romans 8:4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Commentaries on Galatians 5:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25If we live in the Spirit - If we profess to believe a spiritual religion, let us walk in the Spirit - let us show in our lives and conversation that the Spirit of God dwells in us.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25If we live in the Spirit - See the note at Galatians 5:16. The sense of this verse probably is, “We who are Christians profess to be under the influences of the Holy Spirit. By his influences and agency is our spiritual life. We profess not to be under the dominion of the flesh; not to be controlled by its appetites and desires. Let us then act in this manner, and as if we believed this. Let us yield ourselves to his influences, and show that we are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-26Verses 16-26 If it be our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the corrupt nature which remains in us, it shall not have dominion over us. Believers are engaged in a conflict, in which they earnestly desire that grace may obtain full and speedy victory. And those who desire thus to give themselves up to be led by the Holy Spirit, are not under the law as a covenant…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Christians do not live by the law but instead let the Holy Spirit guide their lives.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. in ... in--rather, as Greek, "If we live (see on Ga 5:24) BY the Spirit, let us also walk (Ga 5:16; 6:16) BY the Spirit." Let our life in practice correspond to the ideal inner principle of our spiritual life, namely, our standing by faith as dead to, and severed from, sin, and the condemnation of the law. "Life by (or 'in') the Spirit" is not an occasional influence of the Spirit, but an abiding state, wherein we are continually alive, though…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Galatians 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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