Bible Strands
Galatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Galatian churches, closing a catalog of fleshly deeds to deliver a definitive warning about spiritual standing.
The words — φθόνοι (phthonoi) translates to envyings, and κῶμοι (kōmoi) translates to carousing.
The thread — The warning that practitioners will not inherit the kingdom of God runs through 1 Corinthians 6:9, while the rejection of drunkenness and carousing aligns with Romans 13:13.
Why it lands — The text plainly commands the abandonment of these listed behaviors, stating directly that those who practice them will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- Ephesians 5:5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Colossians 3:6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.