Galatians 5:19-21
Context5:19 Now the works of the flesh 1 are obvious: 2 sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, 3 hostilities, 4 strife, 5 jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, 6 factions, 5:21 envying, 7 murder, 8 drunkenness, carousing, 9 and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
1 tn See the note on the word “flesh” in Gal 5:13.
2 tn Or “clear,” “evident.”
3 tn Or “witchcraft.”
4 tn Or “enmities,” “[acts of] hatred.”
5 tn Or “discord” (L&N 39.22).
6 tn Or “discord(s)” (L&N 39.13).
7 tn This term is plural in Greek (as is “murder” and “carousing”), but for clarity these abstract nouns have been translated as singular.
8 tc ‡ φόνοι (fonoi, “murders”) is absent in such important
9 tn Or “revelings,” “orgies” (L&N 88.287).