Galatians 5:20 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 5:20

idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

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ASV

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

KJV

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 3.5.19-21 (420)

It often happens that dissensions arise in the interpretation of Scripture, from which heresies, here numbered among the works of the flesh, boil over. For if "the wisdom of the flesh is at enmity with God" (and all false doctrines, being repugnant to God, are at enmity), heresies also, being at enmity with God, are consequently included among the works of the flesh.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Verses 19-21.) The works of the flesh are evident, which are: fornication, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Idolatry, witchcraft - That this means witchcraft, strictly speaking, (not poisoning,) appears from its being joined with the worship of devil-gods, and not with murder. This is frequently and solemnly forbidden in the Old Testament. To deny therefore that there is, or ever was, any such thing, is, by plain consequence, to deny the authority both of the Old and New Testament.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Idolatry - Worshipping of idols; frequenting idol festivals; all the rites of Bacchus, Venus, Priapus, etc., which were common among the Gentiles. Witchcraft - Φαρμακεια, from φαρμακον a drug or poison; because in all spells and enchantments, whether true or false, drugs were employed. As a drug, φαρμακον, might either be the means of removing an evil, or inflicting one, etymologists have derived it from φερον ακος, bringing ease, or φερον αχος, bringing pain. So spells and incantations were used sometimes for the restoration of the health; at others, for the destruction of an enemy.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰδωλολατρία,	eidōlolatria	idolatry,	G1495 →
φαρμακεία,	pharmakeia	sorcery,	G5331 →
ἔχθραι,	echthrai	enmities,	G2189 →
ἔρις,	eris	strife,	G2054 →
ζῆλος,	zēlos	jealousy,	G2205 →
θυμοί,	thumoi	outbursts of anger,	G2372 →
ἐριθεῖαι,	eritheiai	contentions,	G2052 →
διχοστασίαι,	dichostasiai	dissensions,	G1370 →
αἱρέσεις,	haireseis	factions,	G139 →

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Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
  Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Revelation 2:11
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Ephesians 5:5–6
  For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 22:15
  But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Revelation 20:14–15
  Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Through
Titus 3:10
Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
leads to
- Romans 16:17
  Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
- 2 John 1:10
  If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
Through
1 Corinthians 11:19
And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
leads to
- 1 John 2:19
  They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of…

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