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Works of the Flesh
The works of the flesh are a catalog of sins that the apostle Paul lists in Galatians 5:19–21 in contrast to the fruit of the Spirit. The list includes sexual immorality, idolatry, strife, and drunkenness, among other items, and closes with "and such like." The New Korean Revised Version renders it as fifteen items.
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- FleshBible
In the Bible, "flesh" refers to the human flesh and body and, more broadly, to finite and frail human existence. In the Pauline epistles it can also denote the human inclination toward sin that stands opposed to the Holy Spirit.
- Fruit of the SpiritBible
The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.
- Goodness (Fruit of the Spirit)Bible
Goodness is one of the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22. It refers to the goodness that appears in those who live by the Spirit, a good disposition that actively does what is good.
- Galatians 5Bible
Galatians 5 is the chapter in which Paul urges believers to stand fast in the liberty they have in Christ, warns against seeking justification through circumcision, and calls them to use that freedom to serve one another in love, contrasting the works of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit.
- Self-ControlBible
Self-control is a biblical concept referring to the power to govern one's own desires and emotions. In Galatians 5:23 it is listed last among the fruit of the Spirit.
Verses in the King James Version 2, showing 2
- Galatians 5:19Explained
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
- Galatians 2:16Explained
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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