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Galatians 5:23

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

KJV

πραΰτης, ἐγκράτεια· κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος.

Greek NT

mansuetudo, fides, modestia, continentia, castitas. Adversus hujusmodi non est lex.

Vulgate

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

ASV

Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πραΰτης
prautes
noun · 12×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
ἐγκράτεια
egkrateia
noun · 4×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

§736By this power of the Spirit, God's children can bear much fruit. He who has grafted us onto the true vine will make us bear "the fruit of the Spirit: . . . love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control."129 "We live by the Spirit"; the more we renounce ourselves, the more we "walk by the Spirit."130 Through the Holy Spirit we are restore…
§1832The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. the tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: "charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity."112
§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 …
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What is faith? In what power of the soul does it reside? Is its form charity? Are living formata faith and lifeless informis faith one identically? Is faith a virtue? Is it one virtue? Its relation to the other virtues Its certitude as compared with the certitude of the intellectual virtues Article 1. Whether this is a fitting definition of faith: "Faith is the substance of thi…
Blessed are the meek. Meekness holds a middle place between anger and insensibility. The meek man is not the man who never feels anger, but who feels it only when and how and to what degree the occasion requires. Blessed also are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness — not merely the righteousness which is imputed, but that which is imparted: holiness of heart and …
Although good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and spring out of a true and lively faith, insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree is discerned by its fruit.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:25 — And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
  • 1Cor 9:25 — And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
  • 1Pet 3:4 — But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
  • 1Tim 1:9 — Knowing 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 moth
  • 1Tim 1:9 — Knowing 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 moth
  • 2Pet 1:6 — And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
  • Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
  • Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
  • Gal 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Matt 5:5 — Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
  • Ps 25:9 — The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
  • Titus 1:8 — But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
  • Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
  • Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.