11 translations · Greek
Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- KJV King James Version
- This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And I say, walk in the Spirit, and you may not fulfill the desire of the flesh;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- My advice is to walk by the Spirit. Don't satisfy the desires of your sinful human nature.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Λέγω | Legō | I say | G3004 λέγω to say |
| δέ | de | So | G1161 δέ then |
| Πνεύματι | Pneumati | by [the] Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| περιπατεῖτε | peripateite | walk | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐπιθυμίαν | epithymian | [the] desires | G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire |
| σαρκὸς | sarkos | [of the] flesh | G4561 σάρξ flesh |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| τελέσητε | telesēte | you will not gratify | G5055 τελέω to finish |
Related verses
- Galatians 5:24–25
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
- Romans 8:12–14
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
- Galatians 6:8
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 5:19–21
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Colossians 3:5–10
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; …
- Romans 8:4–5
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- 1 John 2:15–16
Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Romans 13:13–14
Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
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In context
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Read all of Galatians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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