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ButδέI say:Λέγωwalkπεριπατεῖτεby the Spirit,πνεύματιandκαὶyou will certainly notοὐ μὴcarry outτελέσητεthe desireἐπιθυμίανof the flesh.σαρκὸς
Galatians 5:16
Study it in the app“But I say: walk by the Spirit, and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.”
Walking by the Spirit, and the inner struggle with the desire of the fleshThe Holy SpiritThe flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the fleshTemptation
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 5:16, word by word
- I sayΛέγωLegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “Legō” appears- walkπεριπατεῖτεperipateite
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripateite” appears- by the Spiritπνεύματιpneumati
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumati” appears- carry outτελέσητεtelesēte
carry out
To complete what was said or commanded.
Where else “telesēte” appears- the desireἐπιθυμίανepithymian
lust
Wanting what is forbidden, wrong cravings.
Where else “epithymian” appears- of the fleshσαρκὸςsarkos
sinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarkos” appears
The context
15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
16 · This verse (above)
17For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to one another, so that you do not do whatever you want.