Galatians 5:16
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I say then: Walk in the spirit: and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

I say.

Galatians 3:17 Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no effect.

1 Corinthians 7:29 This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none:

Walk.

Galatians 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Galatians 6:8 For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.

Romans 8:1,4,5,12-14 There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh. . . .

1 Peter 1:22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

1 Peter 4:6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead: That they might be judged indeed according to men, in the flesh: but may live according to God, in the Spirit.

Jude 1:19-21 These are they who separate themselves, sensual men, having not the Spirit. . . .

and.

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest: which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, . . .

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.

Romans 13:13,14 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy. . . .

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

Ephesians 2:3 In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

Colossians 2:11 In whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by hand in despoiling of the body of the flesh: but in the circumcision of Christ.

Colossians 3:5-10 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence and covetousness, which is the service of idols. . . .

1 Peter 1:14 As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance,

1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

1 Peter 4:1-4 Christ therefore having suffered in the flesh, be you also armed with the same thought: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sins: . . .

1 John 2:15,16 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. . . .

ye shall not fulfil.

Context
Living by the Spirit
15But if you bite and devour one another: take heed you be not consumed one of another. 16I say then: Walk in the spirit: and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh: For these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.…
Cross References
Genesis 6:3
And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

Romans 8:4
That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

Romans 13:14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ: and make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscences.

Galatians 5:24
And they that are Christ's have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.

Galatians 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:3
In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

Lexicon
So
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

I say,
Λέγω (Legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

walk
περιπατεῖτε (peripateite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

by [the] Spirit,
Πνεύματι (Pneumati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

you will not gratify
τελέσητε (telesēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5055: (a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill, accomplish, (c) I pay. From telos; to end, i.e. Complete, execute, conclude, discharge.

[the] desires
ἐπιθυμίαν (epithymian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1939: Desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust. From epithumeo; a longing.

[of the] flesh.
σαρκὸς (sarkos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.


Additional Translations
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Now I say, walk by the Spirit, and you should not gratify the desires of the flesh.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;
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