Galatians 5:20-25
J.B. Phillips New Testament
19-21 The activities of the lower nature are obvious. Here is a list: sexual immorality, impurity of mind, sensuality, worship of false gods, witchcraft, hatred, quarrelling, jealousy, bad temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, orgies and things like that. I solemnly assure you, as I did before, that those who indulge in such things will never inherit God’s kingdom.
22-25 The Spirit however, produces in human life fruits such as these: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, fidelity, tolerance and self-control—and no law exists against any of them. Those who belong to Christ have crucified their old nature with all that it loved and lusted for. If our lives are centred in the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit.
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Galatians 5:20-22
New King James Version
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But (B)the fruit of the Spirit is (C)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (D)goodness, (E)faithfulness,
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- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
Galatians 5:20-22
English Standard Version
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (A)divisions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (B)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But (C)the fruit of the Spirit is (D)love, joy, peace, patience, (E)kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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- Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
- Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing
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