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If we live by the Spirit, let`s also walk by the Spirit.
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Commentators explain that this verse presents a logical argument. The 'living by the Spirit' refers to the new spiritual life God gives to believers. The 'walking by the Spirit' is the necessary result—our daily conduct, choices, and actions should align with and be guided by that new spiritual reality. As John Calvin noted, the inward life from the Spirit must manifest in outward actions.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If we live in the Spirit. (See Barnes on Galatians 5:16).
The sense of this verse probably is: "We who are Christians profess to be…
By the Spirit let us also walk (πνευματ κα στοιχωμεν). Present subjunctive (volitive) of στοιχεω, "Let us also go on walking by th…
19th Century
Anglican
If we live in the Spirit.—It seems, on the whole, best to translate: If we live by the Spirit; if we derive our life from…
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Baptist
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
If that is our real life, let it also be our course of action.
The second answer is Paul’s reminder that since believers have been made alive by the Spirit, they must also walk by the Spirit. The Spirit leads; …
16th Century
Protestant
If we live in the Spirit. According to his usual custom, the apostle draws from the doctrine a practical exhortation. The death of the fle…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If we live in the Spirit Or "by the Spirit", as all do that are spiritually alive.
Sin has not only brought o…
If it is our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the c…
13th Century
Catholic
Having listed the works of the flesh and of the Spirit, the Apostle then concludes from both that those who follow the Spirit are not under the Law…
