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Galatians 5:16

Galatians 5:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

I say: Galatians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 7:29

Walk: Galatians 5:25, Galatians 6:8; Romans 8:1, Romans 8:4-5, Romans 8:12-14; 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 4:6; Jude 1:19-21

and: Galatians 5:19-21; Romans 6:12, Romans 13:13-14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 2:3; Colossians 2:11, Colossians 3:5-10; 1 Peter 1:14, 1 Peter 2:11, 1 Peter 4:1-4; 1 John 2:15-16

ye shall not fulfil: or, fulfil not

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