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Galatians 5:25
Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Galatian churches at the pivot between what they have done (crucified the flesh, v.24) and what they must avoid (conceit and envy, v.26).
The words — στοιχῶμεν (stoichōmen) is the military term for marching in rank, not casual strolling. The conditional εἰ (ei) frames the exhortation as dependent: the walk follows from the life, not the other way around.
The thread — Galatians 5:16 states the same principle as a promise ("walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the flesh"), while Romans 8:2 and 8:4 ground it in the Spirit's law freeing believers from the law of sin and death.
Why it lands — It asks for coherence: if the Spirit is already the source of your life, your conduct should match that source rather than contradict it.
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The Greek words
King James Version
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Cross-references
- Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Romans 8:4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Romans 8:2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 1 Peter 4:6 That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
- Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
- Revelation 11:11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.