Galatians 5:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ For the flesh desires  what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ A person’s selfish desires are set against the Spirit, and the Spirit is set against one’s selfish desires. They are opposed to each other, so you shouldn’t do whatever you want to do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.

Galatians 5:17 Cross References

Genesis 6:3

And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain  with  mankind for ever,  because they are corrupt.  , Their days will be 120 years.’

Ecclesiastes 7:20

There is certainly no one righteous on the earth who does good and never sins.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said: Woe is me,  for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 12:30

Anyone who is not with me is against me,   and anyone who does not gather with me scatters.

Matthew 16:17

Jesus responded, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,   , because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.

Matthew 16:23

Jesus turned and told Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns   but human concerns.’

Matthew 26:41

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.’

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Luke 22:33

‘Lord,’  he told him, ‘I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.’

Luke 22:46

‘Why are you sleeping? ’ he asked them. ‘Get up and pray, so that you won’t fall into temptation.’

John 3:6

Whatever is born of the flesh   is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit   is spirit.

Romans 8:13

because if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body,  you will live.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if the law had been granted with the ability to give life, then righteousness would certainly be on the basis of the law.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways.  If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.