Galatians 5:21 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 5:21

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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ASV

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

KJV

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Commentary

4 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book I (202)

But as to themselves, they hold that they shall be entirely and undoubtedly saved, not by means of conduct, but because they are spiritual by nature. For, just as it is impossible that material substance should partake of salvation (since, indeed, they maintain that it is incapable of receiving it), so again it is impossible that spiritual substance (by which they mean themselves) should ever come under the power of corruption, whatever the sort of actions in which they indulged.

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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 Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Envyings..... Uneasy distressing tortures of the mind, grieving at the good of others, that any should be in an equal, or in a better condition than themselves: murders, destroying of men's lives, which is often the consequence of the above evils: drunkenness; excess in drinking of wine or strong drink, whereby the stomach is overcharged, the mind is intoxicated, and the body enfeebled and unable to perform its office; this is often the source of many, or all of the works of the flesh before mentioned: revellings; excess in feed, nocturnal riotings in eating, drinking, dancing, singing, chambering and wantonness.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Envyings - see the note at 2Co 12:20. Revellings - 2Co 12:20, note; Rom 13:13, note. And such like - This class of evils, without attempting to specify all. Of which I tell you before - In regard to which I forewarn you. As I have also told you in time past - When he was with them. Shall not inherit the kingdom of God - Cannot possibly be saved; see the notes at 1Co 6:9-11. In regard to this passage, we may remark: (1) That it furnishes the most striking and unanswerable proof of human depravity.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
φθόνοι,	phthonoi	envyings,	G5355 →
μέθαι,	methai	drunkennesses,	G3178 →
κῶμοι,	kōmoi	carousing,	G2970 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	<the> [things]	G3588 →
ὅμοια	homoia	like	G3664 →
τούτοις·	toutois	as these;	G3778 →
ἃ	ha	which	G3739 →
προλέγω	prolegō	I forewarn	G4302 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
προεῖπον	proeipon	I warned before	G4277 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
τὰ	ta	such	G3588 →
τοιαῦτα	toiauta	things	G5108 →
πράσσοντες	prassontes	doing	G4238 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	kingdom	G932 →
θεοῦ	theou	God’s	G2316 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
κληρονομήσουσιν.	klēronomēsousin	will inherit.	G2816 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
leads to
- Galatians 6:8
  The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Colossians 3:5–8
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
  No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Titus 2:12
  It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Through
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler.…
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 Thessalonians 3:14
  Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6
  Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…

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The walk

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About Galatians