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Galatians 5:23

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:23
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gentleness and self-control; against such things there is no law.

Explanation

Paul finishes the list of the fruit of the Spirit. No law forbids such things. The Spirit produces the kind of life the law aimed at.

Original language
  • πραΰτης (prautēs): gentleness
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G4240 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Gentleness, meekness.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Galatians 5:23, word 1

  • ἐγκράτεια· (egkrateia): self-control
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G1466 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Self-control.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Galatians 5:23, word 2

  • νόμος (nomos): law
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G3551 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Law.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Galatians 5:23, word 8

Cross-references
  • Galatians 5:22 · Surrounding passage

    The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.

  • Galatians 5:18 · Surrounding passage

    If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

  • 2 Peter 1:6 · Same theme

    Add to knowledge self-control.

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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

πραΰτης, ἐγκράτεια· κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος.

  1. πραΰτης,prautēs“gentleness,”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from πραΰτης · “gentleness” · Strong's G4240
  2. ἐγκράτεια·egkrateia“self-control;”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from ἐγκράτεια · “self-control” · Strong's G1466
  3. κατὰkata“against”
    Preposition · from κατά · “according to” · Strong's G2596
  4. τῶνtōn“<the> [things]”
    Article, genitive, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. τοιούτωνtoioutōn“such”
    Demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter · from τοιοῦτος · “such as this” · Strong's G5108
  6. οὐκouk“no”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  7. ἔστινestin“there is”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  8. νόμος.nomos“law.”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from νόμος · “law” · Strong's G3551
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)