Galatians 5:16

Conservative English Version

If you are guided by the Spirit, you won't obey your selfish desires.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the LORD said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."

Romans 6:12

Don't let sin rule your body. After all, your body is bound to die, so don't obey its desires

Romans 8:1

If you belong to Christ Jesus, you won't be punished.

1 Corinthians 7:29

My friends, what I mean is that the Lord will soon come, and it won't matter if you are married or not.

2 Corinthians 7:1

My friends, God has made us these promises. So we should stay away from everything that keeps our bodies and spirits from being clean. We should honor God and try to be completely like him.

Galatians 3:17

What I am saying is that the Law cannot change or cancel God's promise that was made 430 years before the Law was given.

Galatians 6:8

If you follow your selfish desires, you will harvest destruction, but if you follow the Spirit, you will harvest eternal life.

Ephesians 2:3

Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.

Colossians 2:11

Christ has also taken away your selfish desires, just as circumcision removes flesh from the body.

1 Peter 1:14

Behave like obedient children. Don't let your lives be controlled by your desires, as they used to be.

1 Peter 1:22

You obeyed the truth, and your souls were made pure. Now you sincerely love each other. But you must keep on loving with all your heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth. So I beg you not to surrender to those desires that fight against you.

1 Peter 4:6

The good news has even been preached to the dead, so that after they have been judged for what they have done in this life, their spirits will live with God.