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I. SUGGESTS THAT A NEW BIRTH WILL INVARIABLY BE FOLLOWED BY A NEW LIFE, AND CONVERSATION (Matthew 7:16-20; Matthew 13:33). The conviction of the inseparable connection between regeneration and sanctification will save us from —

1. Practical antinomianism,

2. The error that morality is sufficient without a spiritual change.

II. IMPLIES THAT NOT ONLY THE COMMENCEMENT BUT THE CONTINUANCE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE DEPENDS ON THE GRACIOUS OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD (Romans 8:9). The Spirit works in us —

1. Encouragement.

2. Help.

3. Watchfulness.

III. PRESCRIBES A PRACTICAL DUTY. To walk consistently with our past experience and present profession. This walking in the Spirit consists in —

1. The habit and exercise of faith in Christ.

2. Maintaining a constant conflict with indwelling sin.

3. A spiritual frame of mind.

4. The cultivation and exercise of all the graces of Christian life (verses 22, 23).

(J. Buchanan, D. D.)

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KJV: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

WEB: If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.