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Galatians 5:18

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

KJV

εἰ δὲ πνεύματι ἄγεσθε, οὐκ ἐστὲ ὑπὸ νόμον.

Greek NT

Quod si Spiritu ducimini, non estis sub lege.

Vulgate

But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

ASV

But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2744Prayer is a vital necessity. Proof from the contrary is no less convincing: if we do not allow the Spirit to lead us, we fall back into the slavery of sin.38 How can the Holy Spirit be our life if our heart is far from him? Nothing is equal to prayer; for what is impossible it makes possible, what is difficult, easy.... For it is impossible, utterly impossible, for the man who …
§2819"The kingdom of God (is) righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."90 The end-time in which we live is the age of the outpouring of the Spirit. Ever since Pentecost, a decisive battle has been joined between "the flesh" and the Spirit.91 Only a pure soul can boldly say: "Thy kingdom come." One who has heard Paul say, "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies,…
1. Great is the tyranny of despondency, and much courage do we need so as to stand manfully against the feeling, and after gathering from it what is useful, to let the superfluous go. It has somewhat useful; for when we ourselves or others sin, then only is it good to grieve; but when we fall into human vicissitudes, then despondency is useless. And now when it has overthrown t…
What is the eternal law? Is it known to all? Is every law is derived from it? Are necessary things subject to the eternal law? Are natural contingencies subject to the eternal law? Are all human things subject to it? Article 1. Whether the eternal law is a sovereign type [ratio] existing in God? Objection 1. It would seem that the eternal law is not a sovereign type existing in…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:20 — And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
  • Ezek 36:27 — And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
  • Gal 3:23 — But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
  • Gal 4:5 — To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
  • Gal 5:16 — This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
  • Gal 5:25 — If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
  • Isa 48:16 — Come 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.
  • John 16:13 — Howbeit 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 co
  • Matt 11:30 — For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
  • Prov 8:20 — I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
  • Rom 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
  • Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
  • Rom 7:4 — Wherefore, 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 G
  • Rom 7:4 — Wherefore, 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 G
  • Rom 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
  • Rom 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.