ch.9 Cont. Walking By the Spirit

Walking in/by the Spirit.

Gal 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Gal 5:17  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Gal 5:18  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 

Gal 5:25  If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 

Gal 6:8  For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 

2Co 12:18  I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps? 

Col 1:9  And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 1:10  so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Col 1:11  May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,
Col 1:12  giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Eph 4:1  I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
Eph 4:2  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Eph 4:3  eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

In Galatians 5:13- 6.10 Paul urges the Galatians (by a series of verbs modified by [pneumati] meaning in/by the Spirit) meaning " How to make or come to a completion".Gal 3.3.Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Are ye now perfected in the flesh? (nun sarki epiteleisthė). Rather middle voice as in 1Pe_5:9, finishing of yourselves. There is a double contrast, between enarxamenoi (having begun) and epiteleisthe (finishing) as in 2Co_8:6; Phi_1:6, and also between “Spirit” (pneumati) and flesh (sarki). There is keen irony in this thrust. RWP.

1. By walking in the Spirit they will not fulfill the desires of the Flesh.

2. They were commanded " Be led by the Spirit" and the result will be Fruit of the Spirit.

3. Live by the Spirit because you have been brought to life by the LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.

4. Behave in accordance with the Spirit Gal 5:25  If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

5. Sow to the Spirit  and you will reap eternal Life.