{"id":1094,"date":"2010-12-03T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:10:40","slug":"galatians-519-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1094","title":{"rendered":"Galatians 5:19-21"},"content":{"rendered":"

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Verse 16<\/a> describes the inner desires of our sin nature. These verses describe the effects \u2014 the outward expressions of the character of the flesh.<\/h3>\n

evident (v.19) \u2014 open, where everyone can se. Lust is hidden, its effects are outward and visible.<\/h3>\n

adultery \u2014 not listed in the best Greek texts<\/h3>\n

fornication \u2014 specific sin<\/h3>\n

uncleanness \u2014 impurity of mind, sensual impurity<\/h3>\n

lewdness \u2014 insolent disregard for decency \u2014 contempt for public opinion and shameless outrage of public decency<\/h3>\n

sorcery \u2014 Greek pharmakia <\/em>\u2014 drugs associated with occult powers. Drugs used in witchcraft, but also witchcraft without drugs<\/h3>\n

hatred \u2014 the opposite of love<\/h3>\n

wrath \u2014 result of jealousy<\/h3>\n

dissensions \u2014 connected to jealousy, taking sides, one party against another, divisions, standing apart<\/h3>\n

heresies \u2014 sedition advanced to a spirit of enmity \u2014 choosing an opinion contrary to the Word of God, perhaps in reference to the Judaizers.<\/h3>\n

envy \u2014 desire to have what another has (whereas jealousy only desires to deprive another)<\/h3>\n

revelries \u2014 the consequence of drunkenness<\/h3>\n

and the like (v.21) \u2014 things similar to these<\/h3>\n

tell you … told you (v.21) \u2014 Paul repeats his warning of the inevitable consequences<\/h3>\n

do such things (v.21) = practice \u2014 not isolated acts but course of conduct. Practice until they become characteristic, second-nature<\/h3>\n

The word do <\/em>is from prasso <\/em>which means “to do, to practice.”\u00a0 It is durative in action, thus speaking of the habitual practice of such things, which indicates the character of the individual. The Word of God bases its estimation of a person’s character, not upon his infrequent, out-of-the-ordinary actions, but upon his habitual ones, which latter form a true indication of character. Such people, the apostle says, shall not inherit the kingdom of God. \u2014 Wuest, page 158-159.<\/span><\/h3>\n

inherit (v.21) \u2014 birthright by virtue of sonship<\/h3>\n

kingdom of God (v.21) \u2014 sphere of God’s rule<\/h3>\n

In context \u2014 these things cannot be avoided by obeying a law, but only by walking in the Spirit.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study-galatians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7184,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions\/7184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}