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“The Works of the Flesh”

Galatians 5:19-21

I. Repulsive Sins (19)

A. Adultery

= violation of marriage covenant

B. Fornication (NIV Sexual immorality)

= "pornea"; a general word for sex outside of marriage

C. Uncleanness (NIV Impurity)

= moral impurity in thought, word, or deed

D. Lasciviousness (NIV Debauchery)

= a love of sin that is so reckless and so audacious that

a person no longer cares what God or man thinks

II. Religious Sins (20)

A. Idolatry

= when a person worships something created instead

of the Creator

B. Sorcery (NIV Withcraft)

= Greek word "pharmakeia"

III. Relationship Sins (20-21)

A. Hatred

= the opposite of agape love

B. Strife (NIV Discord)

= the result of hatred; broken relationships

C. Jealousy

= lit. "zeal"; but selfish zeal; self-centered jealousy

D. Wrath (NIV Fits of rage)

= result of jealousy; an outburst of temper

E. Factions (NIV Selfish ambition)

= rivalry; promoting yourself at the expense of others

F. Seditions (NIV Dissensions)

= dissension; a standing apart

G. Heresies (NIV Factions)

= being "cliquey"

H. Envyings (NIV Envy)

= a wrongful desire to possess what belongs to

someone else

I. Murders (not in oldest manuscripts)

= the ultimate expression of selfishness

IV. Reckless Sins (21)

A. Drunkenness

= being controlled by foreign substances

B. Revelings (NIV Orgies)

C. “And the Like…” (21)

The Caution (21)