Galatians 5 · Verse 24

Galatians 5:24

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Galatians 5:24, King James Version

Galatians 5:24 in other translations

BSBThose who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
WEBThose who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
ASVAnd they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
YLTand those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;
DARBYBut they that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.
BBEAnd those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
WebsterAnd they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

What does Galatians 5:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. The oldest manuscripts read, "They that are of Christ Jesus"; they that belong to Christ Jesus; being "led by (His) Spirit" (Ga 5:18). have crucified the flesh--They nailed it to the cross once for all when they became Christ's, on believing and being baptized (Ro 6:3, 4): they keep it now in a state of crucifixion (Ro 6:6): so that the Spirit can produce in them, comparatively uninterrupted by it, "the fruit of the Spirit" (Ga 5:22). "Man, by faith, is dead to the former standing point of a sinful life, and rises to a new life (Ga 5:25) of communion with Christ (Col 3:3). The act by which they have crucified the flesh with its lust, is already accomplished ideally in principle. But the practice, or outward conformation of the life, must harmonize with the tendency given to the inward life" (Ga 5:25) [Neander]. We are to be executioners, dealing cruelly with the body of sin, which has caused the acting of all cruelties on Christ's body. with the affections--Translate, "with its passions." Thus they are dead to the law's condemning power, which is only for the fleshly, and their lusts (Ga 5:23).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 24. And they that are Christ's. All who are true Christians.

Have crucified the flesh. The corrupt passions of the soul have been put to death; that is, destroyed. They are as though they were dead, and have no power over us. Gal 2:20.

With the affections. Marg., passions. All corrupt desires.

And lusts. Rom 1:24.

(1) "affections" "passions" (*) "lusts" "passions and desires"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 And they that are Christ's - All genuine Christians have crucified the flesh - are so far from obeying its dictates and acting under its influence, that they have crucified their sensual appetites; they have nailed them to the cross of Christ, where they have expired with him; hence, says St. Paul, Rom 6:6, our old man - the flesh, with its affections and lusts, is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. By which we see that God has fully designed to save all who believe in Christ from all sin, whether outward or inward, with all the affections, παθημασι, irregular passions, and lusts, επιθυμιαις, disorderly wishes and desires. All that a man may feel contrary to love and purity; and all that he may desire contrary to moderation and that self-denial peculiar to the Christian character.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Galatians 5:16-26

If it be 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 corrupt nature which remains in us, it shall not have dominion over us. Believers are engaged in a conflict, in which they earnestly desire that grace may obtain full and speedy victory. And those who desire thus to give themselves up to be led by the Holy Spirit, are not…

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Galatians 5:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οἱhoiThoseG3588
δὲdenowG1161
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ΧριστοῦChristouof ChristG5547
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424
τὴνtēntheG3588
σάρκαsarkafleshG4561
ἐσταύρωσανestaurōsancrucifiedG4717
σὺνsunwithG4862
τοῖςtois[its]G3588
παθήμασινpathēmasinpassionsG3804
καὶkaiandG2532
ταῖςtais<the>G3588
ἐπιθυμίαις.epithumiaisdesires.G1939

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Cross references for Galatians 5:24

  • Romans 6:6

    Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

  • Romans 13:14

    But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  • Romans 8:13

    For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  • Galatians 5:16-18

    This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

  • Romans 8:9

    But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  • Galatians 6:14

    But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:23

    And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:7

    Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

  • Galatians 3:29

    And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:23

    But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

  • Galatians 5:20

    Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they.
3:29; Ro 8:9; 1Co 3:23; 15:23; 2Co 10:7
crucified.
16-18,20; 6:14; Ro 6:6; 8:13; 13:14; 1Pe 2:11
affections. or, passions.

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Context

  • Galatians 5:23

    Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  • Galatians 5:24

    And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

  • Galatians 5:25

    If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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Galatians 5:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque los que son de Cristo, han crucificado la carne con los afectos y concupiscencias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Or ceux qui sont du Christ ont crucifié la chair avec les passions et les convoitises.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die aber des Christus sind, haben das Fleisch gekreuzigt samt den Leidenschaften und Lüsten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui autem sunt Christi, carnem suam crucifixerunt cum vitiis et concupiscentiis.