Galatians 5:18

Plain English Version

But if you let God’s spirit control you, you will do good things, and you will not need to have the Jewish law as your boss.

Cross References

John 16:13

After the Holy Spirit comes, he will tell you what is true. He will teach you everything that is true about God. He will not say his own words, but only the words he heard from God. He will also tell you about things that will happen later on.

Romans 7:4

You know that Jesus died for us. His body was dead on the cross. And, my friends, you believe in Jesus, so it is like you died too. So that old law is not for you any more. You belong to Jesus now. He came alive again, and it’s like you have a new life now too. God gave you that life so that you can do a lot of good things for him.

Romans 8:12

So, my friends, you don’t have to do bad things any more. You don’t have to do whatever that bad part of you tells you to do.

Romans 8:14

It is like this. God’s kids are those people that listen to his spirit and follow him.

Galatians 5:16

So this is what I’m telling you, let God’s spirit control your lives, and you will not do any of those bad things that make you feel good.

Galatians 5:23

He will stop you from thinking you are too important, and he will help you to control yourself. And there is no law to stop anybody doing any of those good things.

Galatians 5:25

So you and me, we have to live like that too. We live with God’s spirit in us now, so we have to do what God’s spirit tells us to do. We have to let him control us.

1 Timothy 1:9

We have to remember that God gave that law to punish the people that do bad things, not the people that do good things. That law is there to stop bad people, and cheeky people, and people that forget about God and everything that belongs to God. It is there to stop people that want to kill their own father or mother, and people that want to murder other people.

2 Timothy 1:7

God’s spirit in us doesn’t make us frightened, but he helps us be strong so that we do great things, and he helps us love people, and he helps us control ourselves.