Galatians 5:20
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
εἰδωλολατρεία
Idolatry, image-worship. Eidōlolatreía. Those who practice it will not inherit the kingdom of God. Worship belongs to God alone. Give it to no other.
φαρμακεία
sorcery,
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φαρμακεία
Sorcery, witchcraft, magic. Pharmakeia. The works of the flesh include sorcery alongside idolatry. Those who practice it will not inherit the kingdom. Turn from every counterfeit power.
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ἔχθρα
enmities,
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ἔχθρα
Hostility, enmity, opposition. Échthra. The carnal mind is enmity against God. Where hostility lives, reconciliation cannot. Put it to death.
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ἔρις
strife,
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ἔρις
Quarrel, wrangling, strife. Eris. Paul lists it among the works of the flesh and warns it marks the divisive, not the Spirit-filled. Where eris takes root, unity dies. Root it out.
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ζῆλος
jealousy,
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ζῆλος
properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)
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θυμός
outbursts of anger,
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θυμός
Rage, fierce passion, wrath. Thymos. The works of the flesh include outbursts of this kind of hot, breathing anger. Let all bitterness and wrath be put away from you. Put it down.
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ἐριθεία
contentions,
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ἐριθεία
Selfish ambition, faction, intrigue. Eritheía. Paul lists it among the works of the flesh, a divisive grasping for position that fractures community. Ambition that serves self destroys the body. Die to it.
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διχοστασία
dissensions,
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διχοστασία
Dissension, disunity, division. Dichostasía. Paul lists it among the works of the flesh and warns believers to mark those who cause it. Division in the body is never a minor matter. Refuse to feed it.
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