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hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions <a href="/nlt/galatians/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, <a href="/esv/galatians/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, <a href="/bsb/galatians/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, <a href="/blb/galatians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, contentions, dissensions, factions, <a href="/kjv/galatians/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, <a href="/nkjv/galatians/5.htm">New King James Version</a> idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, <a href="/nasb_/galatians/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, <a href="/nasb/galatians/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, <a href="/nasb77/galatians/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, <a href="/lsb/galatians/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, <a href="/amp/galatians/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], <a href="/csb/galatians/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, <a href="/hcsb/galatians/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, <a href="/asv/galatians/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, <a href="/cev/galatians/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They worship idols, practice witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are <a href="/erv/galatians/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies, <a href="/gwt/galatians/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> idolatry, drug use, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambition, conflict, factions, <a href="/gnt/galatians/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups; <a href="/isv/galatians/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions, <a href="/msb/galatians/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, <a href="/net/galatians/5.htm">NET Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, <a href="/nheb/galatians/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, <a href="/wbt/galatians/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, <a href="/wey/galatians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings; <a href="/web/galatians/5.htm">World English Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/galatians/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strife, jealousy, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, <a href="/blb/galatians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, contentions, dissensions, factions, <a href="/ylt/galatians/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, <a href="/slt/galatians/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Idolatry, charm, enmities, strifes, jealousies, wraths, intriguings, seditions, sects.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/galatians/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, <a href="/cpdv/galatians/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, <a href="/nabre/galatians/5.htm">New American Bible</a> idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, <a href="/nrsvce/galatians/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/galatians/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Idolatry, witchcraft, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, stubbornness, seditions, heresies, <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> The worship of idols, witchcraft, hate, contention, rivalry, rage, insolence, dissensions, divisions,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/galatians/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strifes, jealousies, anger, party-spirit, divisions, sects, <a href="/godbey/galatians/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, divisions, heresies, <a href="/haweis/galatians/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> idolatry, magical charms, enmities, strifes, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, divisions, heresies, <a href="/mace/galatians/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> brutality, idolatry, poisoning, enmities, quarrels, emulations, animosities, strife, seditions, factions, envyings, <a href="/wey/galatians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings; <a href="/worrell/galatians/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strifes, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, <a href="/worsley/galatians/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strifes, emulations, animosities, contentions, divisions, <a href="/parallel/galatians/5-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=1132" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/galatians/5.htm">Living by the Spirit</a> …19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; 20<a href="/greek/1495.htm" title="1495: eidōlolatria (N-NFS) -- Service (worship) of an image (an idol). From eidolon and latreia; image-worship.">idolatry</a> <a href="/greek/5331.htm" title="5331: pharmakeia (N-NFS) -- Magic, sorcery, enchantment. From pharmakeus; medication, i.e. magic.">and sorcery;</a> <a href="/greek/2189.htm" title="2189: echthrai (N-NFP) -- Enmity, hostility, alienation. Feminine of echthros; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition.">hatred,</a> <a href="/greek/2054.htm" title="2054: eris (N-NFS) -- Contention, strife, wrangling. Of uncertain affinity; a quarrel, i.e. wrangling.">discord,</a> <a href="/greek/2205.htm" title="2205: zēlos (N-NMS) -- From zeo; properly, heat, i.e. zeal (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice).">jealousy,</a> <a href="/greek/2372.htm" title="2372: thymoi (N-NMP) -- An outburst of passion, wrath. From thuo; passion.">and rage;</a> <a href="/greek/2052.htm" title="2052: eritheiai (N-NFP) -- Perhaps as the same as erethizo; properly, intrigue, i.e. faction.">rivalries,</a> <a href="/greek/1370.htm" title="1370: dichostasiai (N-NFP) -- Division, dissension, standing apart. From a derivative of dis and stasis; disunion, i.e. dissension.">divisions,</a> <a href="/greek/139.htm" title="139: haireseis (N-NFP) -- From haireomai; properly, a choice, i.e. a party or disunion.">factions,</a> 21and 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/james/3-14.htm">James 3:14-16</a> But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. / Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. / For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:3</a> for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a> Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20</a> For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-8</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. ... <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Ephesians 4:31</a> Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Titus 3:3</a> For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a> For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. <a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-22</a> For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a> But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a> There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ... <a href="/proverbs/15-18.htm">Proverbs 15:18</a> A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute. <a href="/proverbs/29-22.htm">Proverbs 29:22</a> An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression. <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a> But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, jealousies, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,witchcraft.<a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18</a> Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.<a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10</a> There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,<a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">1 Samuel 15:23</a> For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.heresies.<a href="/2_corinthians/11-19.htm">2 Corinthians 11:19</a> For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.<a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Titus 3:10</a> A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;<a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a> But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/acts/27-30.htm">Attempts</a> <a href="/galatians/4-1.htm">Better</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-11.htm">Contentions</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-25.htm">Discord</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Dissension</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-11.htm">Dissensions</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">Divisions</a> <a href="/romans/8-7.htm">Enmity</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Envyings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Factions</a> <a href="/galatians/2-13.htm">False.</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-12.htm">Feelings</a> <a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Fits</a> <a href="/john/15-23.htm">Hates</a> <a href="/john/15-18.htm">Hatred</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">Heresies</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">Idolatry</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">Images</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm">Intrigues</a> <a href="/numbers/5-29.htm">Jealousies</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/galatians/4-14.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-2.htm">Others</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Outbursts</a> <a href="/acts/14-4.htm">Parties</a> <a href="/galatians/3-20.htm">Party</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-9.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/galatians/3-1.htm">Powers</a> <a href="/acts/4-13.htm">Schools</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">Sects</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Selfishness</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Sorcery</a> <a href="/galatians/5-18.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/galatians/3-1.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Strifes</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-2.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Use</a> <a href="/matthew/10-35.htm">Variance</a> <a href="/nahum/3-4.htm">Witchcraft</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-25.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/romans/13-5.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Wraths</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/galatians/5-26.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-18.htm">Attempts</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Better</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-23.htm">Contentions</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/esther/1-18.htm">Discord</a> <a href="/philippians/2-14.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-8.htm">Dissension</a> <a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Dissensions</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Divisions</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-15.htm">Enmity</a> <a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Envyings</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-21.htm">Factions</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm">False.</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Feelings</a> <a href="/philippians/1-27.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Fits</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm">Hates</a> <a href="/james/4-4.htm">Hatred</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Heresies</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Idolatry</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Images</a> <a href="/psalms/5-10.htm">Intrigues</a> <a href="/numbers/5-29.htm">Jealousies</a> <a href="/james/3-14.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Others</a> <a href="/ezra/4-19.htm">Outbursts</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Parties</a> <a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Party</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Powers</a> <a href="/john/7-15.htm">Schools</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">Sects</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-1.htm">Selfishness</a> <a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Sorcery</a> <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/philippians/1-15.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm">Strifes</a> <a href="/colossians/2-22.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/galatians/6-11.htm">Use</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Variance</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Witchcraft</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Wraths</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 5</div>1. <a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">He wills them to stand in their liberty,</a> 3. <a href="/galatians/5-3.htm">and not to observe circumcision;</a> 13. <a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">but rather love, which is the sum of the law.</a> 19. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">He lists the works of the flesh,</a> 22. <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">and the fruits of the Spirit,</a> 25. <a href="/galatians/5-25.htm">and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  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of anything above God in one's life. This was a common issue in the Greco-Roman world, where numerous deities were worshipped. The Old Testament frequently warns against idolatry (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>), and it is seen as a direct violation of the first commandment. "Sorcery" involves the use of magic or witchcraft, often associated with pagan religious practices. In the ancient world, sorcery was linked to attempts to manipulate spiritual forces, which is condemned in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a>. Both idolatry and sorcery represent a turning away from reliance on God and are seen as works of the flesh that oppose the Spirit.hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; These terms describe interpersonal sins that disrupt community and fellowship. "Hatred" is a deep-seated animosity that can lead to further sin. "Discord" refers to strife or conflict, often resulting from selfish ambition or pride. "Jealousy" is the desire for what others have, which can lead to resentment and bitterness. "Rage" is uncontrolled anger that can result in harm to others. These behaviors are contrary to the fruit of the Spirit, which includes love, peace, and patience (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>). The New Testament frequently addresses these issues, urging believers to live in harmony and love one another (<a href="/romans/12-18.htm">Romans 12:18, 1</a> <a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20</a>).rivalries, divisions, factions, "Rivalries" involve competition and contention, often driven by selfish ambition. "Divisions" refer to splits or schisms within a community, which can weaken the body of Christ. "Factions" are groups formed around differing opinions or beliefs, leading to disunity. The early church faced challenges with divisions, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/1-10.htm">1 Corinthians 1:10-13</a>, where Paul addresses the issue of believers aligning themselves with different leaders. Unity is a central theme in the New Testament, with Jesus praying for the unity of His followers in <a href="/john/17-21.htm">John 17:21</a>. These works of the flesh are contrasted with the unity and peace that should characterize the church, as emphasized in <a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm">Ephesians 4:3-6</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Galatians, addressing the churches in Galatia about living by the Spirit and not by the flesh. 2. <a href="/topical/g/galatia.htm">Galatia</a> A region in modern-day Turkey where the early Christian communities were located. Paul wrote to them to correct false teachings and encourage them in their faith. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_galatian_churches.htm">The Galatian Churches</a> The recipients of Paul's letter, struggling with issues of legalism and the influence of Judaizers who insisted on adherence to the Mosaic Law. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judaizers.htm">Judaizers</a> A group within the early church advocating for the necessity of following Jewish law, including circumcision, for salvation. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a> Central to Paul's message in <a href="/bsb/galatians/5.htm">Galatians 5</a>, emphasizing the contrast between living by the Spirit and living by the flesh.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_works_of_the_flesh.htm">Understanding the Works of the Flesh</a> Recognize that the behaviors listed in <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a> are manifestations of living according to the sinful nature, which is contrary to the life God desires for us. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry_and_sorcery.htm">The Danger of Idolatry and Sorcery</a> These practices represent a turning away from God and reliance on false powers, which can lead to spiritual bondage. <a href="/topical/r/relational_sins.htm">Relational Sins</a> Hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage destroy community and relationships, highlighting the need for the fruit of the Spirit in our interactions. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_the_body_of_christ.htm">Unity in the Body of Christ</a> Rivalries, divisions, and factions are destructive to the unity of the church, which is called to be one body in Christ. <a href="/topical/l/living_by_the_spirit.htm">Living by the Spirit</a> Emphasize the importance of walking in the Spirit, which produces love, joy, peace, and other fruits that counteract the works of the flesh.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_galatians_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Galatians 5</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'pharmakeia'_mean_biblically.htm">What does "Pharmakeia" mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_emulations.htm">What does the Bible say about emulations?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'bulwark'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does the Bible say about emulations?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_ambition.htm">What does the Bible say about selfish ambition?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) Idolatry.--When the Christian is warned against idolatry, it is not, of course, systematic idolatry that is meant, but that occasional compliance with idolatrous customs--taking part in the idol feasts, or eating of things offered to idols--which he might easily be led into by his intercourse with his heathen neighbours.Witchcraft.--Sorcery, or magic. It would seem that practices of this kind were especially common in Asia Minor. In <a href="/acts/19-19.htm" title="Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.">Acts 19:19</a> we read that at Ephesus, "many of them which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men;" and there is other evidence to the same effect.Variance.--Strife, or contention.Emulations.--Singular and plural are somewhat strangely mixed throughout the list. There is a division of authorities as to the reading in the case of this word. It seems probable, upon the whole, that the singular is right--emulation, or jealousy. "Wrath," on the other hand, should be wraths--i.e., ebullitions or outbreaks of wrath. (See the Note on <a href="/romans/2-8.htm" title="But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,">Romans 2:8</a>.)Strife.--This appears to be a mistake in the Authorised version. The word was supposed to be connected with that translated "variance" above, and the two words received the same translation indifferently. The word ereis, which is here translated "variance," is rendered by "strife" in <a href="/romans/13-13.htm" title="Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.">Romans 13:13</a>, <a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm" title="For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?">1Corinthians 3:3</a>, <a href="/philippians/1-15.htm" title="Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:">Philippians 1:15</a>, <a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm" title="He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,">1Timothy 6:4</a>; on the other hand, the word eritheia is rendered by "strife" here and in <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm" title="For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found to you such as you would not: lest there be debates, contentions, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, arrogance, tumults:">2Corinthians 12:20</a>, <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm" title="Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.">Philippians 2:3</a>, <a href="/context/james/3-14.htm" title="But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.">James 3:14-16</a>. It is rendered by "contention" in <a href="/romans/2-8.htm" title="But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,">Romans 2:8</a> ("them that are contentious") and <a href="/philippians/1-16.htm" title="The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:">Philippians 1:16</a>. The true derivation of this latter word is, however, something quite different: it is to be sought in a word meaning "a day-labourer." Hence we get the senses--(1) labour for hire; (2) interested canvassing for office; (3) a spirit of factious partisanship; factiousness. (This word, too, is really in the plural.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - Idolatry, witchcraft (εἰδωλολατρεία φαρμακεία); idolatry, sorcery. These two form a second group - sins of irreligion; and such as would be likely greatly to beset new converts from idolatry. We may compare, "in respect to the former, the temptations which the apostle recognizes the danger of in the case of the Corinthians (1 Corinthians rift. and 10.). "Sorcery." The word φαρμακεία, originally denoting the use of drugs merely, means, sometimes, their use for poisoning; but this sense would not be very suitable here. But the nouns φαρμακός, φαρμακεύς, and φαρμακεία, like veneficus and veneficium in Latin, are also often used with reference to the employment of drugs in charms and incantations; and thence of the employment of black arts in general - magic, sorcery, witchcraft; cf. <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Revelation 9:21</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a>; where the Authorized Version gives "sorceries," "sorcerers;" and in the Septuagint, <a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11, 22</a>; <a href="/exodus/8-18.htm">Exodus 8:18</a> (Authorized Version, "magicians" ); <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9, 12</a> ("enchantments" ). See also μαγεύων μαγείας ("sorceries" ), <a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9, 11</a>. The claim to the possession of such powers, common at Ephesus (<a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Acts 19:19</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a>, γόντες), and rife, perhaps, universally among heathens, certainly so in the Roman empire round the Mediterranean, had no doubt been a snare also to the Galatians. Bishop Lightfoot adverts to a very stringent canon of the Council of Ancyra (the capital of Galatia), A.D. 314, condemning φαρμακεῖαι. It may be doubted whether the apostle himself would regard, or had reason to regard, pretensions to such supernatural arts as merely delusive or superstitious. Experiences such as that recorded in <a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16-18</a>, would hardly permit him to do so. Hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies (ἔχθραι ἔρις [Receptus, ἔρεις], ζῆλοι θυμοί, ἐριθεῖαι διχοστασίαι αἱρέσεις); enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies (or, parties). This third group, to which belongs also the envyings (φθόνοι), together with the probably not genuine murders (φόνοι) of the next verse, is bound together by the common characteristic of malignity. This vice of our nature, so inveterate in our fallen state - the antithesis to the love which is the essence of goodness - is, strangely enough as it at first sight seems, most readily stimulated into rancour by differences in religion. As at this very same time at Corinth, so here in Galatia likewise, the "flesh" displayed its malignity in "jealousy, strife, and divisions (ζῆλος καὶ ἔρις καὶ διχοστᾶσίαι)," originating from this cause (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:3</a>). "Emnities;" manifestations of aversion openly displaying itself. "Strife;" the outward mutual conflict of persons animated with such sentiments. The plural number of ἔρεις, strifes, given by the Textus Receptus, as well as, perhaps, the plural of ζῆλοι, jealousies, which not improbably should also be read in the singular, ζῆλος, jealousy, may have owed its introduction by the copyists to the plural number of ἔχθραι, which is not questioned. The precise import of ζῆλος, rendered "jealousy," is not easily determined. It is spoken of as a virtue in <a href="/john/2-17.htm">John 2:17</a>, "the zeal of thine house;" <a href="/romans/10-2.htm">Romans 10:2</a>, "zeal for God;" <a href="/philippians/3-6.htm">Philippians 3:6</a>, "touching zeal, persecuting the Church;" <a href="/2_corinthians/7-7.htm">2 Corinthians 7:7</a>, "your fervent mind [or, 'your zeal'] for me;" ibid., ver. 11, "what zeal" But in perhaps all these cases, the ardent favouring of what is good is thought of as either ready to take, or actually taking, the aspect of boiling resentment against its assailants; thus also <a href="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Hebrews 10:27</a> ("fiery indignation," Authorized Version), literally, "zeal of fire." So in <a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Galatians 1:14</a>, "zealous;" comp. <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, Θεὸς ζηλωτής, "jealous God" (Authorized Version); Hebrews el qanna To this line of meaning is to be referred <a href="/acts/5-17.htm">Acts 5:17</a>, "filled with indignation (ζήλου)." In another class of passages the word denotes a wrong state of feeling, where in the Authorized Version it is uniformly rendered "envy" or "envying.' ' These are <a href="/acts/13-45.htm">Acts 13:45</a> (Revised Version, "jealousy" ), where it surely means the resentment which the Jews felt at the supposed invasion of their own theocratic prerogatives. In the remaining passages of the New Testament in which it occurs it is linked either with "strife," as it is here; namely, <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:3</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20</a>; or with ἐριθεία, as <a href="/james/3-14.htm">James 3:14, 16</a>. In these passages there does not seem any reason on the face of them for supposing that it means "envy," that is, grudging to another some advantage; this in Greek is φθόνος. A more probable view is that ζῆλος denotes eagerness to find in another some ground for hot resentment against him. Perhaps we have no single equivalent word in our language, "jealousy" being the nearest approach. In the Epistle of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians, ch. 4-6, we have a long list of instances given of persons who have suffered through being objects of ζῆλος: in many of them "envy," or "rivalry," would seem to be the more prominent notion in the word; but in others it appears to mean rather "jealousy;" in some the same as in <a href="/acts/5-17.htm">Acts 5:17</a> or Acts 13:45. The next word θυμοί, wraths, denotes violent ebullitions of passionate anger; the plural pointing to different occasions prompting such. The following term, ἐριθεῖαι (rendered "factious" ), was formerly imagined to be etymologically connected with ἔρις, strife - a notion which is now generally abandoned. The verb from which it is derived, ἐριθεύω, is to act the part of an ἔριθος, day-labourer, the noun signifying "labour for hire;" then, scheming or intriguing for a post of employment; and next, "party-action," "the contentious spirit of faction., In the New Testament it occurs six times besides here. In <a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8</a>, τοῖς δὲ ἐξ ἐριθείας (Authorized Version, "them who are contentious" ), it appears to denote those who set themselves in factious opposition to the truth, the apostle having no doubt especially in his eye Jewish gainsayers of the gospel. In <a href="/philippians/1-16.htm">Philippians 1:16</a>, "some preach Christ ἐξ ἐριθείας," it points to factious opposition to Christ's divinely appointed heralds. In <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a>, "let nothing be done κατ ἐριθείαν," the same sense of factious opposition to others is quite suitable. In the remaining passages, <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20</a>, where ζῆλοι θυμοί ἐριθεῖαι, come together as they do here, and <a href="/james/3-14.htm">James 3:14-16</a>, where, as above noted, it is coujoined with ζῆλον, the notion of "factiousness," or "faction," perfectly satisfies the context. In the present passage the plural, ἐριθεῖαι, denotes factious feelings roused on behalf of this cause and that; such sentiments as are likely to eventuate in διχοστασίαι, divisions, that is, more distinctly formed parties "standing apart" from each other; whilst these again culminate in αἱρέσεις. The noun διχοστασίαι, occurs also in <a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:3</a>, where they are spoken of as indicative of a fleshly mind. and in <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17</a>, "Mark them which cause divisions and (σκάνδαλα) occasions of stumbling." We may regard this word as standing in the same relation to αἱρέσεις as the σχίσματα, "divisions," or "schisms," do which are mentioned in <a href="/1_corinthians/11-18.htm">1 Corinthians 11:18</a>," When ye come together in the Church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it; for there must be also heresies among you." In endeavouring to ascertain the exact import of this last word (αἱρέσεις), "heresies," we must first ascertain the sense in which αἵρεσις was currently used before it was employed to describe phenomena appearing in the Church. The proper sense of "choice" was in this word often limited to the specific sense of "choice of views," particularly in philosophy or religion; that is, it meant "ways of thinking;" and then, by an easy transition, "those who followed a particular way of thinking"- "a school of thought." Thus it occurs in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 'De Dora. et Arist.,' 7, etc. (see Liddell and Scott). This sense was so current in Dionysius's time as to appear in Latin in the contemporary writings of Cicero; thus, in 'Protein. Parad.,' Cicero writes, "Care in ea est haeresi [sc. the Stoic], quae nullum sequitur florem orationis;" 'Ad Famil.,' 15:16; 'Ad Att.,' 14:14. Similarly Vitruvius writes, 'Prier.,' 5, "Pythagorae haeresin sequi." It is not always easy to discriminate whether the "school of thought" so designated means the way of thinking itself or the set of men who held it. In this sense the word is used in the New Testament. Thus <a href="/acts/5-17.htm">Acts 5:17</a>, "the high priest and all they that were with him, which is the heresy (αἵρεσις) of the Sadducees;" where it means the sect, and not their views. So again, <a href="/acts/15-5.htm">Acts 15:5</a>, "certain of those of the heresy of the Pharisees;" ibid., 24.5, "ringleader of the heresy of the Nazaraeans," where Tertullus plainly meant those who held the views of the Nazaraeans, and not the views themselves. But, on the other hand, in the same chapter St. Paul in his reply (ver. 14), when he says, "After the way which they call a heresy, so serve I the God of our fathers," evidently uses the term as applying to "the Way" itself (comp. <a href="/acts/9-2.htm">Acts 9:2</a>), and not to the people who followed it. In <a href="/acts/26-5.htm">Acts 26:5</a>, "after the straitest heresy of our religion (θρησκείας) I lived a Pharisee," the word may be taken either way. In <a href="/acts/28-22.htm">Acts 28:22</a>. "concerning this heresy, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against," it seems, of the two, to be rather the more obvious way to take it of "what Paul thought," than of the persons so thinking. If, however, it be taken of persons, it is of course to be taken of them as holding and representing such views. In <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>, "false teachers, who shall privily bring in heresies of perdition," the qualifying genitive, "of perdition," would seem to favour our understanding the "heresies" of the doctrines of these false teachers, rather than of the parties following their teaching. On the whole review of these passages, it is of the utmost importance to note the manner in which, in <a href="/acts/24-14.htm">Acts 24:14</a>, etc., St. Paul treats Tertullus's application of the term to the Christian faith. "I confess," he says, "that after the way which they call αἵρεσις, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the Law, and which are written in the prophets: having hope towards God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection, both of the just and unjust." In thus speaking, the apostle repudiates the application of the term αἵρεσις to the Christian faith; not, however, on the ground that the term denoted a flagrantly erroneous and vicious form of doctrine; for there is nothing to show that this was the idea which Tertullus meant to convey to Felix's mind, in so designating either Christians or their faith: what, indeed, should Felix care about the soundness or unsoundness of their doctrines? The apostle rather repudiates the term, because, as signifying" choice," it implied that the views referred to were adopted on the prompting of individual opinion or liking. That it was not this, he shows by referring partly to the broad basis of Divine revelation in general as propounding the doctrine of the resurrection, which lay at the foundation of the Christian faith; and partly to the fact that his accusers themselves admitted that doctrine. Christians believed that Jesus was raised from the dead, not because they "chose" to think so, but because God's Word taught them so to believe. We are thus landed at the conclusion that, antecedently to its introduction into the language of the Church, the term αἵρεσις denoted a school of thought or a set of opinions; sometimes the opinions them-solves; sometimes the people holding them; but that it was understood to do so with reference to points on which there did not appear to be any decisive authority to determine men's convictions, and respecting which, therefore, men might choose their own opinions as they thought themselves best able, This conclusion will help us to understand its import in <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">1 Corinthians 11:19</a>, in the passage before us, and in <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>, as well as the passage in <a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Titus 3:10, 11</a>, in which the case of "a man that is an heretic (ἄνθρωπος αἱρετικός)" is dealt with. It is clear, from <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a>, that the apostle regarded the "gospel" which had been delivered to the world (<a href="/jude/1-3.htm">Jude 1:3</a>) by himself and his fellow-apostles, as being a revelation so certain and authoritative that any teacher introducing doctrine seriously infringing upon its substantial import would subject himself to the extreme malediction of God. The whole tenor of this Epistle shows that its author considered the Churches of Galatia as at this very time in danger of either producing from their own bosom, or else admitting from the teaching of others, doctrine which would be thus fatally subversive of the truth. Was it not, then, extremely probable that, when here enumerating, with an especial eye to the case of the Churches he was addressing, "the works of the flesh," which would cut off those who gave themselves up to their practice from the inheritance of the kingdom of God, he would specify this particular "work" of propounding, or embracing when propounded by others, doctrine which should vitally deprave the truth which God had revealed? Any doctrine which thus tampered with the gospel would, of course, be a αἵρεσις - views of men's own devising and "choosing." The term, as has been seen, might also describe a body of adherents to such false doctrine. But in the passage before us, in which the works of the flesh are recited, and not the doers of such works, the term must describe, not persons, but acts - acts, that is, of conceiving or propounding in the Church views subversive of the gospel, and gathering adherents to such views; such adherents would, among Christians, form a αἵρεσις antagonistic to the doctrine of Christ received in the Church. "Caballings" and "divisions,' ' ἐριθεῖαι and διχοστασίαι, might arise among Christians who still held fast to the substance of the gospel; fatal to the spiritual life, it might be, of those indulging in them; but yet essentially different from "heresies," because not involving departure from the faith once for all delivered to the saints, or conscious rebellion against the accredited organ d. It is of prime importance in estimating the nature of this "work of the flesh," with a practical view to our present circumstances, that we bear in mind this feature of it - that it is a relinquishment, a conscious relinquishment of the teaching of Christ, a breaking off from "the Head." The above view is precisely that given by Tertullian, ' De Prsescriptionibus Haereticorum,' 6. Bishop Lightfoot, in his Introduction to his Commentary on this Epistle, pp. 30, 31, writes thus: "It is not idle, as it might seem at, first sight, to follow the stream of history beyond the horizon of the apostolic age. The fragmentary notices of its subsequent career reflect some light on the temper and disposition of the Galatian Church in St. Paul's day. To Catholic writers of a later date, indeed, the failings of its infancy seemed to be so faithfully reproduced in its mature age, that they invested the apostle's rebuke with a prophetic import. Asia Minor was the nursery of heresy: and of all the Asiatic Churches it was nowhere so rife as in Galatia. The Galatian capital [Ancyra] was the stronghold of the Montanist revival, which lingered on for more than two centuries, splitting into diverse sects, each distinguished by some fantastic or minute ritual observance. Here, too, were to be found Ophites, Manicheans, sectarians of all kinds." <a href="/commentaries/galatians/5-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>idolatry εἰδωλολατρία (eidōlolatria) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1495.htm">Strong's 1495: </a> Service (worship) of an image (an idol). From eidolon and latreia; image-worship. [and] sorcery; φαρμακεία (pharmakeia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5331.htm">Strong's 5331: </a> Magic, sorcery, enchantment. From pharmakeus; medication, i.e. magic. hatred, ἔχθραι (echthrai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2189.htm">Strong's 2189: </a> Enmity, hostility, alienation. Feminine of echthros; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition. discord, ἔρις (eris) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2054.htm">Strong's 2054: </a> Contention, strife, wrangling. Of uncertain affinity; a quarrel, i.e. wrangling. jealousy, ζῆλος (zēlos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> From zeo; properly, heat, i.e. 'zeal' (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice). [and] rage; θυμοί (thymoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2372.htm">Strong's 2372: </a> An outburst of passion, wrath. From thuo; passion. rivalries, ἐριθεῖαι (eritheiai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2052.htm">Strong's 2052: </a> Perhaps as the same as erethizo; properly, intrigue, i.e. faction. divisions, διχοστασίαι (dichostasiai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1370.htm">Strong's 1370: </a> Division, dissension, standing apart. From a derivative of dis and stasis; disunion, i.e. dissension. factions, αἱρέσεις (haireseis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_139.htm">Strong's 139: </a> From haireomai; properly, a choice, i.e. a party or disunion. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">NT Letters: Galatians 5:20 Idolatry sorcery hatred strife jealousies outbursts (Gal. 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