Galatians 5:26

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.”

— WEB

“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”

— KJV

“Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Jealousy

Cross-references

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James 3:14-16 "But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth."
Philippians 2:1-3 "If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and c…"
James 4:16 "But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil."
1 Corinthians 3:7 "So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase."
Galatians 5:15 "But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another."
Luke 14:10 "But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher…"
1 Peter 5:5 "Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one anothe…"

Commentary

Greek, "Let us not BECOME." While not asserting that the Galatians are "vainglorious" now, he says they are liable to become so. provoking one another--an effect of "vaingloriousness" on the stronger: as "envying" is its effect on the weaker. A danger common both to the orthodox and Judaizing Galatians. Next: Galatians Chapter 6

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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