Galatians 5:25

"Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts."

Key Reflection

This verse signifies that believers, through their union with Christ, have died to sin and are no longer governed by their sinful nature's desires and appetites. Instead, they live in a state of spiritual freedom, guided by the Spirit rather than their fleshly inclinations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 25. If we live in the Spirit. See Barnes "Ga 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; hot 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 Barnes "Ro 8:5,9".

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