• Galatians 5:21
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 21 φθόνοι, envies, μέθαι, drunkennesses, κῶμοι, revelries, καὶ and τὰ the ὅμοια (things) like τούτοις, to these, ἃ which (things) προλέγω I am saying before ὑμῖν to YOU καθὼς according as προεῖπον I said before ὅτι that οἱ the (ones) τὰ the τοιαῦτα such (things) πράσσοντες performing βασιλείαν kingdom θεοῦ of God οὐ not κληρονομήσουσιν. they will inherit.

  • Galatians 5:21
    King James Version

    • 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 5:21

      wild parties: See study note on Ro 13:13.

      and things like these: This expression shows that Paul did not provide an exhaustive list of everything that would be considered a work of “the flesh,” that is, of the sinful human nature. (See study note on Ga 5:19.) Paul uses a similar expression at the end of 1Ti 1:10. The Christians in Galatia would need to use their “powers of discernment” in order to identify things that are similar to these sinful practices. (Heb 5:14) For example, malicious slander is not specifically mentioned as a work of the sinful flesh, but it frequently accompanies “hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, dissensions” mentioned at Ga 5:20. Those who unrepentantly engage in practices that are specifically identified as “the works of the flesh” or that are “things like these” will not inherit the blessings of God’s Kingdom.