the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Galatians 5:23
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gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
humility, and self-control. There's no code against such things.
Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.
good faith, meekness, self-restraint.
Meekenesse, temperance: against such there is no law.
meekness, self-control. Against such things there is not a law.
mekenesse, teperaunce, Agaynst soch is not ye lawe:
against such there is no law.
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
meknes temperancye. Agaynst suche ther is no lawe.
meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;
gentleness, self-control. There is no law that says these things are wrong.
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways.
humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Meekenesse, temperancie: against such there is no lawe.
Meekness, self-control: there is no law against these.
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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meekness, patience; against these the law is not set.
Against these there standeth no law.
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
being gentle, and being the boss over our own desires. The Law is not against these things.
meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
meekness, self-control; - against such things as these, there is no law.
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law.
Mekenesse, temperauncie: agaynst such there is no lawe.
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these kinds of things.
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
benygnyte, goodnesse, myldenesse, feith, temperaunce, contynence, chastite; ayen suche thingis is no lawe.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
temperance: Acts 24:25, 1 Corinthians 9:25, Titus 1:8, Titus 2:2
against: 1 Timothy 1:9
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:20 - good Psalms 18:35 - gentleness Psalms 25:9 - meek Psalms 37:11 - the meek Psalms 92:14 - They Psalms 119:165 - Great Psalms 143:10 - thy spirit Ecclesiastes 2:26 - wisdom Song of Solomon 7:13 - at our Isaiah 11:4 - for the meek Isaiah 29:19 - meek Isaiah 42:21 - he will Jeremiah 31:33 - I will Jeremiah 33:6 - and will Ezekiel 36:27 - I will Hosea 14:8 - From me Matthew 3:8 - fruits Matthew 5:5 - the meek Matthew 13:8 - some an Matthew 13:23 - beareth Matthew 23:23 - the weightier Matthew 25:4 - oil Mark 4:20 - which John 3:21 - that his John 7:38 - out John 15:2 - may Acts 9:31 - and in Romans 7:4 - that we Romans 8:7 - for it Romans 8:23 - which have 1 Corinthians 6:11 - but ye are sanctified 1 Corinthians 9:21 - not 2 Corinthians 3:8 - the ministration Galatians 6:1 - in the Ephesians 4:2 - lowliness Ephesians 5:9 - the fruit Philippians 1:11 - filled Colossians 1:10 - fruitful Colossians 3:12 - mercies 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - in the 1 Thessalonians 2:7 - we 1 Timothy 5:25 - the good 1 Timothy 6:11 - righteousness Hebrews 6:9 - things Hebrews 12:11 - peaceable Hebrews 12:14 - Follow James 3:13 - with meekness James 3:17 - gentle 1 Peter 3:4 - a meek 2 Peter 1:6 - temperance
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Meekness,.... Humility and lowliness of mind, of which Christ is an eminent example and pattern; and which the Holy Spirit from him transcribes into the heart of a regenerate person; and lies in having mean thoughts of himself, in walking humbly with God, acknowledging every favour, being thankful for every blessing, and depending on his grace, and in behaving with modesty and humility among men. The last of the fruits of the Spirit mentioned is
temperance, or "continence"; and designs both chastity and sobriety, and particularly moderation in eating and drinking. It may be observed, that these fruits of the Spirit are opposed to the works of the flesh. So love is opposed to hatred; joy to emulations and envying; peace to variance, strife, and seditions; longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, and meekness, to wrath and murders; faith to idolatry, witchcraft, and heresies; and temperance to adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, drunkenness, and revellings.
Against such there is no law; meaning, against such fruits, graces, and good things; these being perfectly agreeable to the law of God, which is holy, just, and good, and spiritual; and are so far from being forbidden by it, that they are highly esteemed and approved of by it: or against persons that are possessed of such fruits; for these appear to be in the spirit, and to be led by the Spirit; and therefore are not under the law, and have nothing to fear from it, as a terrifying, accusing, cursing, and condemning law. The works of the flesh, and they that are of the flesh, are such that come under the notice and lash of the law; and not the fruits of the Spirit, and they that are after the Spirit, as such are who partake of his fruit.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Meekness - See the note at Matthew 5:5.
Temperance - The word used here, (ἐγκράτεια egkrateia), means properly “self-control, continence.” It is derived from ἐν en and κράτος kratos, “strength,” and has reference to the power or ascendancy which we have over exciting and evil passions of all kinds. It denotes the self-rule which a man has over the evil propensities of his nature. Our word temperance we use now in a much more limited sense, as referring mainly to abstinence from intoxicating drinks. But the word here used is employed in a much more extended signification. It includes the dominion over all evil propensities, and may denote continence, chastity, self-government, moderation in regard to all indulgences as well as abstinence from intoxicating drinks. See the word explained in the notes at Acts 24:25. The sense here is, that the influences of the Holy Spirit on the heart make a man moderate in all indulgences; teach him to restrain his passions, and to govern himself; to control his evil propensities, and to subdue all inordinate affection.
The Christian will not only abstain from intoxicating drinks, but from all exciting passions; he will be temperate in his manner of living, and in the government of his temper. This may be applied to temperance properly so called with us; but it should not be limited to that. A Christian must be a temperate man; and if the effect of his religion is not to produce this, it is false and vain. Abstinence from intoxicating drinks, as well as from all improper excitement, is demanded by the very genius of his religion, and on this subject there is no danger of drawing the cords too close. No one was ever injured by the strictest temperance, by total abstinence from ardent spirits, and from wine as a beverage; no man is certainly safe who does not abstain; no man, it is believed, can be in a proper frame of mind for religious duties who indulges in the habitual use of intoxicating drinks. Nothing does more scandal to religion than such indulgences; and, other things being equal, he is the most under the influence of the Spirit of God who is the most thoroughly a person of temperance.
Against such there is no law - That is, there is no law to condemn such persons. These are not the things which the Law denounces. These, therefore, are the true freemen; free from the condemning sentence of the Law, and free in the service of God. Law condemns sin; and they who evince the spirit here referred to are free from its denunciations.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. Meekness — πραοτης. Mildness, indulgence toward the weak and erring, patient suffering of injuries without feeling a spirit of revenge, an even balance of all tempers and passions, the entire opposite to anger.
Temperance — εγκρατεια. Continence, self-government, or moderation, principally with regard to sensual or animal appetites. Moderation in eating, drinking, sleeping, &c.
Several very respectable MSS., as D*EFG, with the Vulgate, most copies of the Itala and several of the fathers, add αγνεια, chastity. This we are sure cannot be separated from the genuine Christian character, though it may be included in the word εγκρατεια, continence or moderation, immediately preceding.
Against such there is no law. — Those, whose lives are adorned by the above virtues, cannot be condemned by any law, for the whole purpose and design of the moral law of God is fulfilled in those who have the Spirit of God, producing in their hearts and lives the preceding fruits.
