Key Verse Spotlight
Galatians 5:20 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
Galatians 5:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {these}; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told {you} in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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