Galatians 5:25

Galatians 5:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If we live by the Spirit, let us also 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 and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

Galatians 5:25 word by word

εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• we liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• in the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• let usστοιχέωstoicheō · to followG4748
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for Galatians 5:25

• John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
• Romans 8:2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6He has made us competent as 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 the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.
• Revelation 11:11But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
• Galatians 5:16So 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 fully met in us, who do not live 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

Topics related to Galatians 5:25

• Holiness
• Holy Spirit
• Religion
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Affection
• Bite
• Contrary
• Cross
• Crucify
• Debtor
• Flesh
• Gentleness
• Goodness
• Meekness

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