Quotes About Galatians

But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). Galatians 5:16

Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah). GALATIANS 1:10

he speaks most prominently of the "royal" law (James 2:8), which he defines as the commandment "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." This is a central concept Paul also presents in Galatians 5:14, saying, "For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.

Gal. 5:22–23). When this relationship is intact, the product in our lives will be righteousness (Rom. 6:16), and the by-product of righteousness is happiness. Happiness is an elusive thing and will never be found when pursued directly; but it springs into being as one pursues the knowledge of God and as his righteousness is realized in us.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law. – Galatians 4:4–5

The Galatians are severely censured for giving heed to false doctrines, and are called to pronounce even an apostle anathema, if he preached another gospel.

Galatians 5), with which God longs to fill us, are the complete antithesis of the hard, unbroken spirit within us and presupposes that it has been crucified. Being broken

Saint Paul (whom I had thought of as the first Luther) taught in Romans, Galatians and elsewhere that justification was more than a legal decree; it established us in Christ as God's children by grace alone. In fact, I discovered that nowhere did Saint Paul ever teach that we were justified by faith alone! Sola fide was unscriptural!

When Paul reminds the Galatians of what they were before they came to the knowledge of Gods he says that they "did service unto them which by nature are no gods," (Gal. 4:8). Because he does not say ??????, was their superstition excusable? This superstition, to which he gives the name of ?????, he condemns as much as if he had given it the name of ??????.

The Family of God includes all of the children of God in heaven and on earth. In Ephesians 3:15, Paul speaks of the whole family in heaven and on earth. This family includes all believers. "Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." (Galatians. 3:26) All believers are God's children.

For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." —Galatians 5:14

Who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth?" (Galatians 3:1). They

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience. —GALATIANS 5:22

Trust Me wholeheartedly, letting My Spirit fill you with Joy and Peace. ISAIAH 30:18; 1 KINGS 8:23; GALATIANS 5:22–23

So Paul did not create the baptismal creed embedded in Galatians 3:26–28. The creed, then, must have preceded Paul. But there is not very much in the New Testament that precedes Paul. His voice is the first voice we hear from the nascent Christian movement. That makes Galatians 3:26–28 one of the oldest statements of faith in all of the New Testament, perhaps even the first such statement in all of Christian history.

The biblical way to express God's love to a sinner is to show him how great his sin is (using the Law—see Romans 7:13; Galatians 3:24), and then give him the incredible grace of God in Christ.

Hillary touched on the Methodist roots at the heart of her approach to private and public life. "Let us not grow weary in doing good," she said, paraphrasing Galatians 6:9, "for in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

In Galatians 4:14 Paul is not contrasting Christ with an angel; he is equating him with an angel.

If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:25–26

The one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. Galatians 6:8

This land has yet to see a generation of Jesus followers with guts enough to live the good news Galatians 3:28 preaches.

Christ has liberated us into freedom. Therefore stand firm and don't submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

The one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:8