Charles Ellicott Commentary Galatians 5:26

"Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another." — Galatians 5:26 (ASV)

Let us not be.—Strictly, Let us not become. When he left the Galatian Church St. Paul was satisfied with their condition, but he fears that they will change. The warning that he addresses to them exactly hits the weak points in the national character—fickleness, vanity, and a quarrelsome disposition.