Galatians 5:23
New International Version
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

New Living Translation
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

English Standard Version
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Berean Standard Bible
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Berean Literal Bible
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

King James Bible
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

New King James Version
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

New American Standard Bible
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

NASB 1995
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

NASB 1977
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Legacy Standard Bible
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Amplified Bible
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Christian Standard Bible
gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

American Standard Version
meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Humility, endurance; the law is not set against these things.

Contemporary English Version
gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

English Revised Version
meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
gentleness, and self-control. There are no laws against things like that.

Good News Translation
humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.

International Standard Version
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Literal Standard Version
meekness, [and] self-control. Against such there is no law;

Majority Standard Bible
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

New American Bible
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

NET Bible
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

New Revised Standard Version
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

New Heart English Bible
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Webster's Bible Translation
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Weymouth New Testament
good faith, meekness, self-restraint.

World English Bible
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Young's Literal Translation
meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

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Context
Living by the Spirit
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Acts 24:25
As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you."

Galatians 5:18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

1 Timothy 1:9
We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,


Treasury of Scripture

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

temperance.

Acts 24:25
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Titus 1:8
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

against.

1 Timothy 1:9
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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Galatians 5
1. He wills them to stand in their liberty,
3. and not to observe circumcision;
13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.
19. He lists the works of the flesh,
22. and the fruits of the Spirit,
25. and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.














(23) Meekness, temperance.--"Meekness" is something more than "mildness," which has been suggested as an alternative translation. "Mildness" would represent that side of the virtue which is turned towards men; but it has also another side, which is turned towards God--a gentle submissiveness to the divine will. By "temperance" is meant, in a general sense, "self-control"--a firm control over the passions.

Against such--i.e., "against such things;" not, as it was understood by many of the older commentators, "against such men."

There is no law.--For such things law has no condemnation, and therefore they are removed beyond the sphere of law. This is the first and obvious meaning; it may be noticed, however, that these delicate Christian graces are above law as well as beyond. The ruder legal system of commands, sanctioned by punishment, would have no power to produce them; they can only grow in a more genial and softer soil, under the direct influence of the Spirit.

Verse 23. - Meekness (πρᾳότης). (On this, see last note.) The humble submissiveness to the teachings of Divine revelation, to which this term probably points, stands in contrast with that self-reliant, headstrong impetuosity which in the temperament of the Celt is apt to hurry him into the adoption of novel ideas which he has not taken the trouble seriously to weigh. It may, however, stand in antithesis to self-reliant arrogance in general. Temperance (ἀγκράτεια); or, self-control. This stands opposed both to the "fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,' ' and to the "drunkenness and revellings "before mentioned. Against such there is no Law (κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστι νόμος); against such things as these the Law is not; or, there is no Law. As the apostle does not write "against these things," it seems that he viewed the foregoing list of graces as one of samples only and not as exhaustive; which fact is likewise indicated by the absence of the copulative conjunction (cf. Matthew 15:19); so that κατὰ τῶν, ' τοιούτων represents "and things the like to these; against which," etc. If we render, with the Authorized Version, "there is no Law," we must suppose still that the apostle means that the Law which all along he has been speaking of is in particular "not against them." "Against;" as in Galatians 3:21. The Law finds nothing to condemn in these things, and therefore no ground for condemning those who live in the practice of them; the same idea as is more explicitly brought out in Romans 8:1-4. There is a tone of meiosis, of suppressed triumph in this sentence. "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's chosen ones?"

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Greek
gentleness,
πραΰτης (prautēs)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4240: Mildness, gentleness. From praus; mildness, i.e. humility.

[and] self-control.
ἐγκράτεια (enkrateia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1466: Self-mastery, self-restraint, self-control, continence. From egkrates; self-control.

Against
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

such
τοιούτων (toioutōn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 5108: (including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality).

things
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

there is
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

no
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

Law.
νόμος (nomos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.


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