KJV King James Version
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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Galatians 5:18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
WEB World English Bible
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
ASV American Standard Version
But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.
Surrounding context — Galatians 5
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 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.
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Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.Romans 6:14-15For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.Proverbs 8:20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:Galatians 5:25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.Galatians 4:5-6To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].Galatians 5:16[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.Romans 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.John 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.Isaiah 48:16-18Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.Psalm 143:8-10Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.1 Timothy 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,Psalm 25:4-5Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.1 John 2:20-27But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.Psalm 25:8-9Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.Romans 8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
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