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Galatians 5:26

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

KJV

μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες.

Greek NT

Non efficiamur inanis gloriæ cupidi, invicem provocantes, invicem invidentes.

Vulgate

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

ASV

Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
κενόδοξος
kenodoxos
adjective · 1×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
προκαλέομαι
prokaleomai
verb · 1×
φθονέω
phthoneo
verb · 1×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:11 — For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
  • 1Cor 3:7 — So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • 1Cor 13:3 — And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
  • 1Cor 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
  • 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  • 1Thess 2:6 — Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
  • Acts 17:5 — But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, an
  • Col 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
  • Gal 5:15 — But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
  • Gal 5:15 — But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
  • Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
  • Jas 4:16 — But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
  • Jas 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
  • Luke 14:10 — 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
  • Phil 2:1 — If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
  • Phil 2:3 — Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
  • Phil 2:14 — Do all things without murmurings and disputings: