Galatians 5:16-18

Walk by the Spirit

¹⁶ But I say, _v walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify _w the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷ For _x the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, _y to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸ But if you are _z led by the Spirit, _a you are not under the law.

1. Cross References
   Galatians 5:24 - 25
   And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
   Romans 8:4
   In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
   Romans 13:14
   But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
   
2. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:3
   Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 7:23
   But I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
   Romans 8:5 - 7
   For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 7:15
   For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
   Romans 7:18 - 19
   For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 8:14
   For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 7:4
   Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.