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Galatians
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| NASB | Galatians 5:26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. |
| AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 5:26 We must not become conceited, challenging or provoking one another, envying one another. |
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| Subject: fruit of the spirit admonition |
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Bible Note: After talking about the fruit of the spirit, belonging to Christ, crucifying the sinful nature and walking in step with the spirit, the NIV says: "Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other." This never seemed to flow to me. Why would Paul follow such amazing and empowering commands with a warning about pride, strife and envy? Sunday night God led me to read the Amplified version of this scripture: "Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another." That gives quite a different meaning! God revealed yet deeper meaning this morning while I was watching Joyce Meyer. She used the example of exercising, how we cry out to God for help and when He delivers we become proud of ourselves and start judging others for not doing the thing that not long ago we couldn’t do until God empowered us. So in Galatians the warning at the end is appropriate. When we do start developing fruit in our lives, we need to resist the temptation to keep the glory for ourselves. Furthermore, when I become victorious I immediately become competitive with others. Envy soon follows a spirit of competition because we will soon see the fruit in others' lives. God is no respecter of persons and what He does for one He will do for another. I'm so thankful for these sound warnings to keep us in balance trough spiritual growth. |
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