Galatians 5:19

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Summary

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

The works

Adultery

General references

Leviticus 18:20

Proverbs 2:18

1 Timothy 5:24

Bible References

The works

For you were called to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Concerning what people do:
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

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

For when we were in the flesh,

the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us

and bore fruit for death.

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife

among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

Adultery

“Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

General references

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.

for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.