Galatians 5:15 Cross References

Galatians 5:15

15: But if instead of showing love among yourselves you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.

for you are still controlled by your own sinful desires. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your own desires? You are acting like people who don't belong to the Lord.

But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don't brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie.
For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil.
For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.
And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.

Let us not become conceited, or irritate one another, or be jealous of one another.

For I am afraid that when I come to visit you I won't like what I find, and then you won't like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfishness, backstabbing, gossip, conceit, and disorderly behavior.

But instead, one Christian sues another--right in front of unbelievers!
To have such lawsuits at all is a real defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated?
But instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong and cheat even your own Christian brothers and sisters.

You put up with it when they make you their slaves, take everything you have, take advantage of you, put on airs, and slap you in the face.

Watch out for those dogs, those wicked men and their evil deeds, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.

They fight against their own neighbors to steal food, but they will still be hungry. In the end they will even eat their own children.
Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

Then at last the jealousy between Israel and Judah will end. They will not fight against each other anymore.

He will be clothed with fairness and truth.
In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard and the goat will be at peace. Calves and yearlings will be safe among lions, and a little child will lead them all.
The cattle will graze among bears. Cubs and calves will lie down together. And lions will eat grass as the livestock do.
Babies will crawl safely among poisonous snakes. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes and pull it out unharmed.
Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain. And as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.

Abner shouted down to Joab, "Must we always solve our differences with swords? Don't you realize the only thing we will gain is bitterness toward each other? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?"
Then Joab said, "God only knows what would have happened if you hadn't spoken, for we would have chased you all night if necessary."

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