Galatians 5:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
16 (A)I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh.[a] 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want.(B)
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- 5:16–25 Spirit…flesh: cf. Gal 3:3 and the note on Rom 8:1–13.
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