Galatians 5:26

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

We should avoid foolish pride as well as provoking or envying one another.

Cross References

Luke 14:10

But when you are invited [i.e., to a wedding reception], go and recline at the least important seat, so that when the host comes [over to you], he will say, ‘Friend, move up to a better seat.’ Then you will be shown honor in front of everyone at the dinner table.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So then, it does not matter who plants or who waters, but [it is] God who matters, for He makes the seed grow.

Galatians 5:15

But if you [unlovingly] bite and eat one another [i.e., figuratively], be careful that you do not totally consume one another.

Philippians 4:15

As you Philippians also know, during the early days of [my] preaching the Gospel [in those regions], when I left Macedonia [Note: This was the northernmost province of Greece], no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving [i.e., financial help], except you only.

James 4:16

But, as it is, you people are boasting in your arrogance [and] all such boasting is evil.

1 Peter 5:5

And in the same way, you younger [Christians] should be [respectfully] submissive to the older ones. And all of you should [be willing to] humbly serve one another, for God stands opposed to [the efforts of] proud people, but extends His unearned favor to those [who serve] with humility.