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New King James Version

Galatians 5:25

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holiness;   Holy Spirit;   Religion;   Righteous;   The Topic Concordance - Holy Spirit;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Conduct, Christian;   Life, Spiritual;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Spirit;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Lie;   Walk;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   Envy;   Holy Spirit;   Spirit;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Liberty;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Galatians, the Epistle to the;   Holy Spirit, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Church;   Galatians, Letter to the;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cross;   Liberty;   Perfection;   Temperance;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Assurance (2);   Children of God;   Galatians Epistle to the;   Holy Spirit;   Justification (2);   Natural;   Perseverance;   Personality;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 17 To Walk;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Will;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Salvation;   Sanctification;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 20;   Every Day Light - Devotion for April 22;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Legacy Standard Bible
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in step with the Spirit.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Our new life come from the Holy Spirit and so we must give him the reins.
Bible in Basic English
If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
Darby Translation
If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.
Christian Standard Bible®
Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.
World English Bible
If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Weymouth's New Testament
If we are living by the Spirit's power, let our conduct also be governed by the Spirit's power.
King James Version (1611)
If we liue in the Spirit, let vs also walke in the Spirit.
Literal Translation
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf we lyue in the sprete, let vs walke also in the sprete.
Mace New Testament (1729)
if we live by the spirit, let us regulate our actions by the spirit:
THE MESSAGE
Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
Amplified Bible
If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit].
American Standard Version
If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.
Revised Standard Version
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf we lyve in the sprete let vs walke in the sprete.
Update Bible Version
If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.
Webster's Bible Translation
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Young's Literal Translation
if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;
New Century Version
We get our new life from the Spirit, so we should follow the Spirit.
New English Translation
If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.
Berean Standard Bible
Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
Contemporary English Version
God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit.
Complete Jewish Bible
Since it is through the Spirit that we have Life, let it also be through the Spirit that we order our lives day by day.
English Standard Version
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If we liue in the Spirit, let vs also walke in the Spirit.
George Lamsa Translation
Let us therefore live in the Spirit, and surrender to the Spirit.
Hebrew Names Version
If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.
International Standard Version
If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.Romans 8:4-5; Galatians 5:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
live we therefore in the Spirit,
Murdock Translation
Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.
New Living Translation
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.
New Life Bible
If the Holy Spirit is living in us, let us be led by Him in all things.
English Revised Version
If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.
New Revised Standard
If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If we live by Spirit, by Spirit, let us also walk.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
King James Version
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Lexham English Bible
If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yf we lyue in ye spirite, let vs walke in the spirite.
Easy-to-Read Version
We get our new life from the Spirit, so we should follow the Spirit.
New American Standard Bible
If we live by the Spirit, let's follow the Spirit as well.
Good News Translation
The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If we lyuen bi spirit, walke we bi spirit;

Contextual Overview

13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Leviticus 19:18">[fn] 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, [fn] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, [fn] 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. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we: John 6:63, Romans 8:2, Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 15:45, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Peter 4:6, Revelation 11:11

let: Galatians 5:16, Romans 8:4, Romans 8:5

Reciprocal: Malachi 4:4 - the law Luke 9:46 - General Romans 13:13 - us 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they Galatians 5:18 - if Galatians 6:16 - walk Ephesians 5:8 - walk

Cross-References

Genesis 4:18
To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If we live in the Spirit,.... Or "by the Spirit", as all do that are spiritually alive. Sin has not only brought on men a corporeal death, and made them liable to an eternal one, but has also induced upon them a spiritual or moral death; they are dead in trespasses and sin, nor can they quicken themselves, nor can any creature give them life; not the ministers of the word, nor the angels in heaven, only the blessed Spirit is the spirit of life from Christ; who entering into them, frees them from the law of sin and death, and implants a principle of spiritual life in them, whereby they live a life of faith on Christ, of holiness from him, and communion with him: and this the apostle makes use of, as an argument with believers to walk after the Spirit,

let us also walk in the Spirit: or "by the Spirit"; by his help and assistance, according to the rule of his word, and under his influence and direction as a guide, to which he had before advised in Galatians 5:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we live in the Spirit - See the note at Galatians 5:16. The sense of this verse probably is, “We who are Christians profess to be under the influences of the Holy Spirit. By his influences and agency is our spiritual life. We profess not to be under the dominion of the flesh; not to be controlled by its appetites and desires. Let us then act in this manner, and as if we believed this. Let us yield ourselves to his influences, and show that we are controlled by that Spirit.” It is an earnest exhortation to Christians to yield wholly to the agency of the Holy Spirit on their hearts, and to submit to his guidance; see Romans 8:5, note9, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. If we live in the Spirit — If we profess to believe a spiritual religion, let us walk in the Spirit-let us show in our lives and conversation that the Spirit of God dwells in us.


 
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