Tree of Life Version
Galatians 5:24
24Now those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Context of Galatians 5:24
22But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control—against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25If we live by the Ruach, let us also walk by the Ruach. 26Let us not become conceited—provoking one another, envying one another.
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οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Galatians 5:24
- Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed—heirs according to the promise.
- Romans 8:9However, you are not in the flesh but in the Ruach—if indeed the Ruach Elohim dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Ruach of Messiah, he does not belong to Him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:23and you are Messiah’s, and Messiah is God’s.
- 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in its own order: Messiah the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Messiah;
- 2 Corinthians 10:7Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident in himself that he belongs to Messiah, let him reconsider that just as he belongs to Messiah, so also do we.
- Galatians 5:16But I say, walk by the Ruach, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 6:14But may I never boast—except in the cross of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Through Him the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- Romans 6:6knowing our old man was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be done away with, so we no longer serve sin.
- Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Ruach you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
- Romans 13:14Instead, put on the Lord Messiah Yeshua, and stop making provision for the flesh—for its cravings.
- 1 Peter 2:11Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.
Commentaries on Galatians 5:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24And they that are Christ's - All genuine Christians have crucified the flesh - are so far from obeying its dictates and acting under its influence, that they have crucified their sensual appetites; they have nailed them to the cross of Christ, where they have expired with him; hence, says St. Paul, Romans 6:6, our old man - the flesh, with its affections and lusts, is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And they that are Christ‘s - All who are true Christians. Have crucified the flesh - The corrupt passions of the soul have been put to death; that is, destroyed. They are as though they were dead, and have no power over us; see the note at Galatians 2:20. With the affections - Margin, “Passions.” All corrupt desires. And lusts - See the note at Romans 1:24.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. 24People who trust in Jesus share in his death on the cross through faith (compare 2:19–20; Romans 6). They become new people (Romans 6:1–2; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Colossians 3:5–15). They have left behind their sinful nature and the law (see Galatians 2:19; Romans 7:4–6; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Colossians 3:1–4). passions and desires: Refer to 5:19–21.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. The oldest manuscripts read, "They that are of Christ Jesus"; they that belong to Christ Jesus; being "led by (His) Spirit" (Ga 5:18). have crucified the flesh--They nailed it to the cross once for all when they became Christ's, on believing and being baptized (Ro 6:3, 4): they keep it now in a state of crucifixion (Ro 6:6): so that the Spirit can produce in them, comparatively uninterrupted by it, "the fruit of the Spirit" (Ga 5:22). "Man, by faith…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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