Galatians 5:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite, and the spirite contrary to the flesshe. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do what ye woulde.

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  • Rom 8:5-8 : 5 For they that are carnall, are carnally mynded: But they that are spirituall, are spiritually mynded. 6 To be carnally mynded, is death: But to be spiritually mynded, is lyfe & peace: 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be. 8 So then, they that are in the fleshe, can not please God.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if ye liue after ye fleshe, ye shall dye: But if ye through the spirite, do mortifie the deedes of the body, ye shall lyue.
  • John 3:6 : 6 That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite.
  • Rom 7:7-8 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust. 8 But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne was dead.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie? 6 But the scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace vnto ye lowlie.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.
  • Ps 119:20 : 20 My soule faynteth: for the very feruent desire that it hath alwaye vnto thy iudgementes.
  • Ps 19:12-13 : 12 Who can knowe his owne errours? Oh cleanse thou me from those that I am not priuie of. 13 Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous sinnes let them not raigne ouer me: so I shall be perfect & voyde from all haynous offence.
  • Ps 51:10-12 : 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde: and renue thou a ryght spirite within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy holy spirite from me. 12 Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation: and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite.
  • Ps 65:3 : 3 My misdeedes haue preuayled against me: oh be thou mercifull vnto our wicked transgressions.
  • Ps 119:4-6 : 4 Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes. 5 I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes. 6 I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes.
  • Ps 51:1-5 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid when the prophete Nathan came vnto hym after he was gone in to Bethsabe. Haue mercie on me O Lorde accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse: accordyng vnto the multitudes of thy mercies wype out my wickednesse. 2 Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie: and clense me from my sinne. 3 For I do acknowledge my wickednesse: and my sinne is euer before me. 4 Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged. 5 Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me.
  • Matt 12:30 : 30 He that is not with me, is agaynst me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abrode.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: happy art thou Simon Bar Iona, for flesh & blood hath not opened that vnto thee, but my father which is in heauen.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned hym about, and sayde vnto Peter: go after me Satan, thou art an offence vnto me: for thou sauerest not the thynges that be of God, but those that be of men.
  • Matt 26:41 : 41 Watche, and praye, that ye enter not into temptation: The spirite in deede is wyllyng, but the fleshe is weake.
  • Ps 119:24-25 : 24 Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers. 25 Daleth My soule cleaueth to the dust: reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes: when thou shalt set my heart at libertie.
  • Ps 119:35 : 35 Leade me in the path of thy comaundementes: for therin is my delyght.
  • Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.
  • Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steppes in thy worde: and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me.
  • Ps 119:159 : 159 Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes: quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe: oh seke out thy seruaunt, for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse: O Lorde who can abide it?
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 And sayde vnto them, why slepe ye? Rise, & pray lest ye fall into temptation.
  • Luke 22:54-61 : 54 Then toke they hym, and ledde hym, & brought him to the hye priestes house: and Peter folowed a farre of. 55 And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them. 56 But when a certayne wenche behelde hym, as he sate by the fire and earnestlye loked vpon hym she sayde: This same felowe was also with hym. 57 And he denyed hym, saying, woman I knowe hym not. 58 And after a litle whyle, another sawe hym, and saide: Thou art also of them. And Peter sayd, man I am not. 59 And about the space of an houre after, an other affirmed saying: Ueryly this felowe was with hym also, for he is of Galilee. 60 And Peter sayde: Man I wote not what thou sayest. And immediatlye whyle he yet spake, the Cocke crewe. 61 And the Lorde turned backe, & loked vpon Peter: And Peter remembred the worde of the Lorde, howe he hadde sayde vnto hym, before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe.
  • Phil 3:12-16 : 12 Not as though I had alredy attayned, either were alredy perfect: but I folowe, yf that I may comprehende, wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus. 13 Brethren I count not my selfe as yet that I haue attained: but this one thing I say I forget those thinges which are behynde, and endeuour my selfe vnto those thynges which are before, 14 And I prease towarde the marke, for the price of the hye callyng of God in Christe Iesus. 15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus mynded, and if ye be otherwyse mynded, God shall reueale the same also vnto you. 16 Neuerthelesse, vnto that which we haue attayned vnto, let vs proceade by one rule, that we may be of one accorde.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs. 9 If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse. 10 If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs.
  • Rom 7:10-25 : 10 And I was dead. And the very same commaundemet, which was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death. 11 For sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, hath deceaued me, and by the same slewe me. 12 Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, & iust and good. 13 Was that then which was good, made death vnto me? God forbyd. But sinne, that sinne myght appeare, by that which was good to worke death in me: that sinne by ye commaundement, myght be out of measure sinfull. 14 For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne. 15 For that which I do, I alowe not. For what I woulde, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not, I consent vnto the lawe, that it is good. 17 Nowe then, it is not I that do it: but sinne that dwelleth in me. 18 For I knowe, that in me, that is to say in my fleshe, dwelleth no good thyng. For to wyll, is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good. 19 For the good that I woulde, do I not: But the euyll which I woulde not, that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not, then is it not I that doth it, but sinne that dwelleth in me. 21 I fynde then by the lawe, that when I woulde do good, euyll is present with me. 22 For I delite in the lawe of God, after the inwarde man: 23 But I see another lawe in my members, rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde, and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne, which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am: Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death? 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde. So then, with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God: but with the fleshe, the lawe of sinne.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 And he sayde vnto him: Lord I am redy to go with thee into pryson, and to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 5:15-16
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    15Yf ye byte and deuoure one another, take heede lest ye be consumed one of another.

    16Then I say, walke in the spirite, and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe.

  • Rom 8:2-9
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    2For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe, through Iesus Christe, hath made me free from the lawe of sinne and death.

    3For what the lawe coulde not do, in as much as it was weake through the fleshe, God sendyng his owne sonne, in the similitude of sinfull fleshe, euen by sinne, condempned sinne in the fleshe:

    4That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe, myght be fulfylled in vs, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.

    5For they that are carnall, are carnally mynded: But they that are spirituall, are spiritually mynded.

    6To be carnally mynded, is death: But to be spiritually mynded, is lyfe & peace:

    7Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be.

    8So then, they that are in the fleshe, can not please God.

    9But ye are not in the fleshe, but in the spirite, yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you. If any man haue not the spirite of Christe, the same is none of his.

  • Gal 5:18-20
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    18But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite, then are ye not vnder the lawe.

    19The deedes of the flesshe are manifest, which are these, adulterie, fornication, vncleannesse, wantonnesse,

    20Worshippyng of images, witchcrafte, hatred, variaunce, zeale, wrath, strife, seditions, sectes,

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12Therfore brethren, we are detters, not to the fleshe, to lyue after the fleshe.

    13For if ye liue after ye fleshe, ye shall dye: But if ye through the spirite, do mortifie the deedes of the body, ye shall lyue.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the fleshe, the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members, to bring forth fruite vnto death.

  • Gal 5:22-26
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    22But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth,

    23Mekenesse, temperauncie: agaynst such there is no lawe.

    24They truely that are Christes, haue crucified the flesshe, with the affections and lustes.

    25Yf we lyue in ye spirite, let vs walke in the spirite.

    26Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie, prouoking one another, enuying one another.

  • Rom 7:14-21
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    14For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.

    15For that which I do, I alowe not. For what I woulde, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.

    16If I do nowe that which I woulde not, I consent vnto the lawe, that it is good.

    17Nowe then, it is not I that do it: but sinne that dwelleth in me.

    18For I knowe, that in me, that is to say in my fleshe, dwelleth no good thyng. For to wyll, is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good.

    19For the good that I woulde, do I not: But the euyll which I woulde not, that do I.

    20And yf I do that I woulde not, then is it not I that doth it, but sinne that dwelleth in me.

    21I fynde then by the lawe, that when I woulde do good, euyll is present with me.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put ye on ye Lorde Iesus Christe. And make not prouision for the fleshe, to the lustes therof.

  • Rom 7:23
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    23But I see another lawe in my members, rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde, and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne, which is in my members.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?

  • Gal 6:8
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    8For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng.

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie, that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

  • 2 Cor 10:3
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    3For though we walke in the fleshe, yet we do not warre according to ye flesh.

  • Jas 4:1-3
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    1From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members?

    2Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not.

    3Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes.

  • Jas 1:15
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    15Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death.

  • Col 3:5
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    5Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euyll concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is worshippyng of images:

  • Gal 6:13
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    13For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust.

  • Matt 26:41
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    41Watche, and praye, that ye enter not into temptation: The spirite in deede is wyllyng, but the fleshe is weake.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9For the fruite of the spirite (is) in all goodnesse, and righteousnesse, & trueth,

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are makers of sectes, fleshlie, hauyng not the spirite.