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href="/niv/galatians/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/galatians/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/galatians/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/galatians/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />We should not become boastful, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/galatians/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/galatians/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/galatians/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let’s not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/galatians/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/galatians/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/galatians/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Let us not become <i>those</i> with vain glory, challenging one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/galatians/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />We must not become conceited, challenging <i>or</i> provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/galatians/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/galatians/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/galatians/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/galatians/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But don't be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/galatians/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Let us not be vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/galatians/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />We can't allow ourselves to act arrogantly and to provoke or envy each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/galatians/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/galatians/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/galatians/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/galatians/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/galatians/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/galatians/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/galatians/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/galatians/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />let us not become vainglorious—provoking one another, envying one another!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />We should not become boastful, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/galatians/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/galatians/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Let us not be vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/galatians/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying on another. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/galatians/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/galatians/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, envious of one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/galatians/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/galatians/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And let us not be devoid of honor, disparaging one another and envying one another. <div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/galatians/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/galatians/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not be fond of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/galatians/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not be vain-glorious, irritating one another, envying one another.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/galatians/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/galatians/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/galatians/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/galatians/5-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=1181" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/galatians/5.htm">Living by the Spirit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: ginōmetha (V-PSM/P-1P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">Let us not become</a> <a href="/greek/2755.htm" title="2755: kenodoxoi (Adj-NMP) -- Vainglorious, boastful. From kenos and doxa; vainly glorifying, i.e. Self-conceited.">conceited,</a> <a href="/greek/4292.htm" title="4292: prokaloumenoi (V-PPM-NMP) -- To provoke, stimulate, challenge, call out. Middle voice from pro and kaleo; to call forth to oneself, i.e. to irritate.">provoking</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240: allēlous (RecPro-AMP) -- One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another."></a> <a href="/greek/5354.htm" title="5354: phthonountes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To envy. From phthonos; to be jealous of.">and envying</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240: allēlois (RecPro-DMP) -- One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.">one another.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a></span><br />Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-14.htm">James 3:14-16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-3.htm">Romans 12:3</a></span><br />For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">1 Corinthians 13:4</a></span><br />Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm">Proverbs 13:10</a></span><br />Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:3</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a></span><br />For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></span><br />Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-6.htm">1 Corinthians 4:6</a></span><br />Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/27-2.htm">Proverbs 27:2</a></span><br />Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-24.htm">Luke 22:24</a></span><br />A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them should be considered the greatest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a></span><br />Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm">1 Timothy 6:4</a></span><br />he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.</p><p class="hdg">desirous.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/14-10.htm">Luke 14:10</a></b></br> But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">1 Corinthians 3:7</a></b></br> So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Philippians 2:1-3</a></b></br> If <i>there be</i> therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, … </p><p class="hdg">provoking.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Galatians 5:15</a></b></br> But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/3-14.htm">James 3:14-16</a></b></br> But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></b></br> Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all <i>of you</i> be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-17.htm">Boastful</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">Conceited</a> <a href="/galatians/4-21.htm">Desirous</a> <a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Envy</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-3.htm">Envying</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Full</a> <a href="/galatians/1-24.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-49.htm">Let's</a> <a href="/galatians/1-20.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Provoking</a> <a href="/galatians/4-11.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Vain-Glory</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/4-26.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">Boastful</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Conceited</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-8.htm">Desirous</a> <a href="/philippians/1-15.htm">Envy</a> <a href="/james/3-14.htm">Envying</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/galatians/6-4.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/galatians/6-10.htm">Let's</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-9.htm">Making</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Provoking</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Vain-Glory</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">He wills them to stand in their liberty,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/5-3.htm">and not to observe circumcision;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">but rather love, which is the sum of the law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">He lists the works of the flesh,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">and the fruits of the Spirit,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/5-25.htm">and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/galatians/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Let us not become conceited</b><br />The phrase "Let us not become conceited" is a call to humility and self-awareness. The Greek word for "conceited" is "kenodoxos," which means "vain-glorious" or "empty glory." This term suggests a self-inflated sense of importance that is not grounded in reality. In the historical context of the early church, this warning was crucial as believers were navigating their newfound freedom in Christ. Paul is urging the Galatians to avoid the trap of pride, which can lead to division and strife within the community. From a conservative Christian perspective, this admonition is timeless, reminding believers to reflect Christ's humility and to serve others selflessly.<p><b>provoking</b><br />The word "provoking" comes from the Greek "prokaleō," which means to call forth or challenge. In this context, it implies inciting or stirring up conflict. Historically, the early church faced many internal and external challenges, and Paul was keenly aware of the destructive potential of discord among believers. Provoking one another can lead to unnecessary disputes and can hinder the unity and mission of the church. For modern Christians, this serves as a reminder to pursue peace and to engage with others in a spirit of love and understanding, rather than contention.<p><b>and envying</b><br />"Envying" is translated from the Greek word "phthonos," which denotes a feeling of discontent or covetousness towards another's advantages, success, or possessions. Envy is a destructive emotion that can erode relationships and community. In the scriptural context, envy is often contrasted with the fruits of the Spirit, which Paul outlines earlier in <a href="/galatians/5.htm">Galatians 5</a>. Envy is a work of the flesh that stands in opposition to the love, joy, and peace that should characterize a believer's life. From a conservative Christian viewpoint, this is a call to cultivate gratitude and contentment, recognizing that each person's gifts and circumstances are part of God's sovereign plan.<p><b>one another</b><br />The phrase "one another" emphasizes the communal aspect of the Christian faith. The Greek term "allēlōn" underscores mutuality and reciprocity within the body of Christ. The early church was a diverse community, and Paul consistently encouraged believers to live in harmony and to support each other. This mutual care and accountability are foundational to the church's witness in the world. For contemporary believers, this phrase is a reminder of the importance of community and the call to love and serve each other as Christ loved us. It challenges Christians to foster an environment where humility, peace, and encouragement prevail, reflecting the unity that is found in Christ.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Let us not be.</span>--Strictly, <span class= "ital">Let us not become.</span> When he left the Galatian Church St. Paul was satisfied with their condition, but he fears that they will change. The warning that he addresses to them exactly hits the weak points in the national character--fickleness, vanity, and a quarrelsome disposition.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let us not be desirous of vain glory</span> (<span class="greek">μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι</span>); <span class="accented">let us not be vain-glorious.</span> The <span class="accented">communicative</span> form of exhortation in which the speaker conjoins himself with those whom he addresses in order to soften the tone of superiority implied in exhorting them, connects this verse closely with the preceding one, in which also it is employed. Indeed, as in outward term of expression this verse coheres with ver. 25, so also in substance it coheres strictly with the whole passage beginning with ver. 13; for this is throughout levelled against a spirit of contentiousness then rife in the Galatian Churches. One cause to which the apostle thinks this ill state of things to be especially due was the spirit of vainglory or self-vaunting - a weakness to which the Celtic race has ever been markedly prone (see Lightfoot's 'Introduction,' p. 14). The softened form of exhortation visible in the use of the first person plural has been traced also by many critics in the use of the verb <span class="greek">γινώμεθα</span> as if the writer meant to imply that they were not as yet really vainglorious, but were in danger of <span class="accented">becoming</span> so. This, however, is not so clear. This verb is often used when there is no reference at all intended to passing out of a former state into a new one, but simply as meaning" show one's self," "be in act, so and so." Thus <a href="/romans/16-2.htm">Romans 16:2</a>, "she hath been (<span class="greek">ἐγένετο</span>) a succourer of many;" <a href="/philippians/3-6.htm">Philippians 3:6</a>, "found (<span class="greek">γενόμενος</span>) blameless;" <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:5</a>, "what manner of men we showed ourselves (<span class="greek">ἐγένηθημεν</span>);" ibid., 1 Thessalonians 2:7; <a href="/james/1-25.htm">James 1:25</a>. Very often is this verb so used in exhortations, and especially in the present tense; as <a href="/romans/12-16.htm">Romans 12:16</a>, "Be not (<span class="greek">μὴ γίνεσθε</span>) wise in your own conceits;" <a href="/1_corinthians/4-16.htm">1 Corinthians 4:16</a>, "Be (<span class="greek">γίνεσθε</span>) imitators of me;" (so ibid., 1 Corinthians 11:1; <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">Philippians 3:17</a>); <a href="/1_corinthians/10-32.htm">1 Corinthians 10:32</a>, "Be giving no occasion for stumbling (<span class="greek">ἀπρόσκοποι γίνεσθε</span>);" 14:20, "Be (<span class="greek">γίνεσθε</span>) not babes in understanding, but in understanding be (<span class="greek">γίνεσθε</span>) full-grown men;" and so often. In many of such cases there can be no reference to preceding conduct, whether in the way of approval or disapproval, but simply an exhortation to be or not to be so and so. The Authorized Version, therefore, is quite right in here rendering, "Let us not be," etc. The adjective <span class="greek">κενόδοξος</span> occurs only here in the New Testament, as the substantive <span class="greek">κενοδοξία</span> is only found in <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a>. The <span class="greek">δόξα</span> from which it is derived may be either "notion," "opinion," or "glory." Accordingly in Wisd. 14:14, and Ignatius, 'Ad Magnes,' 11, <span class="greek">κενοδοξία</span> appears to mean the following of vain, idle notions with which we may compare the words <span class="greek">ὀρθόδοξος ἑτερόδοξος</span>. But here <span class="greek">κενόδοξοι</span> is considered by most critics to mean "affecting, desirous of, empty glory;" so the Authorized Version, "desirous of vain glory," where "vain glory" are two words, not one. Such empty glory would mean glory founded on distinctive qualities, which either are merely imaginary, not existing at all, or which, if there, give no real title to honour. Perhaps, however, the <span class="greek">δόξα</span> of this compound is always "notion," "opinion," only varying so far in meaning as sometimes to denote opinions respecting ourselves; as Suidas says, "<span class="greek">κενοδοξία</span>, a vain thinking respecting one's self;" at other times, notions about ether matters. The best interpretation of the word as here used is suggested by the apostle's own words in the next chapter (ver. 3), "if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself." As again in <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a>," Doing nothing through faction or through vain glory;" the sense of the second noun is illustrated by the converse, "But in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself," suggesting its meaning to be the disposition to claim a superiority over others which we are not entitled to. "Wise in our own conceits" (<a href="/romans/12-16.htm">Romans 12:16</a>) is one form of this vicious quality; but there are others, all, however, fundamentally and intensely inimical to a spirit of loving sympathy with other men. <span class="cmt_word">Provoking one another, envying one another</span> (<span class="greek">ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι ἀλλήλοις</span> <span class="greek">φθονοῦντες</span>); <span class="accented">challenging one another</span>, <span class="accented">envying one another.</span> Here again are two Greek words found nowhere else in the New Testament <span class="accented">-</span> <span class="greek">προκαλοῦμαι</span> and <span class="greek">φθονῶ</span>. The rendering of the first in the Authorized Version, "provoking," is perhaps not meant in the sense in which this English verb is now commonly used, and in which it <span class="accented">also</span> frequently occurs in our English Bible, of "making angry," but in the proper sense of the Latin verb <span class="accented">prorocantes</span>, "challenging,' ' <span class="accented">e.g</span>., to legal controversy, or to battle, or to mutual comparative estimation in any way. Any superiority, real or imaginary, in gifts spiritual (as <span class="accented">eharisms</span>) or natural, in eloquence, in theological acquirements, in qualification for office, in public estimation, even in moral consistency (for what follows in <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Galatians 6:1</a> seems to point in this last direction), might be among the Galatians either an occasion for self-vaunting or a subject of envy on the part of those who felt themselves cast in the shade. What it was in actual facts which gave the apostle Occasion for administering this implied reproof, it is impossible to conjecture Therein an evident correlation between the "challenging: on the part of those who felt themselves strong, and the "envying" on the part of those who found themselves weak; both faults being, however, traceable to one and the same root - the excessive wish to be thought much of. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/galatians/5-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Let us not become</span><br /><span class="grk">γινώμεθα</span> <span class="translit">(ginōmetha)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conceited,</span><br /><span class="grk">κενόδοξοι</span> <span class="translit">(kenodoxoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2755.htm">Strong's 2755: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vainglorious, boastful. From kenos and doxa; vainly glorifying, i.e. Self-conceited.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">provoking</span><br /><span class="grk">προκαλούμενοι</span> <span class="translit">(prokaloumenoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4292.htm">Strong's 4292: </a> </span><span class="str2">To provoke, stimulate, challenge, call out. Middle voice from pro and kaleo; to call forth to oneself, i.e. to irritate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] envying</span><br /><span class="grk">φθονοῦντες</span> <span class="translit">(phthonountes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5354.htm">Strong's 5354: </a> </span><span class="str2">To envy. From phthonos; to be jealous of.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one another.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀλλήλοις</span> <span class="translit">(allēlois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_240.htm">Strong's 240: </a> </span><span class="str2">One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/galatians/5-26.htm">NT Letters: Galatians 5:26 Let's not become conceited provoking one another (Gal. 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