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Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Galatian churches amid a sustained contrast between Spirit and flesh (5:16–26), having just enumerated the Spirit's fruit and before urging the reader to walk by the Spirit (5:25).
The words — ἐσταύρωσαν (estaurōsan) is aorist active: "they crucified," a single completed act, not an ongoing struggle. The noun σάρξ (sark) is Paul's technical term for the fallen human nature, not merely the physical body.
The thread — Romans 6:6 states the old self was crucified with Christ so the body of sin would be rendered powerless; Romans 8:13 commands putting to death the deeds of the body; Romans 13:14 says make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Why it lands — The aorist frames this as a settled fact, not a discipline to be achieved over time. The reader is either among "those who belong to Christ Jesus" or is not; the verse offers no middle category of partial progress.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Cross-references
- Romans 6:6 We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Romans 13:14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- 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.
- Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Galatians 6:14 But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- 1 Corinthians 3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
- 2 Corinthians 10:7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
- Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.