Galatians:5:19-21

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rwp @Galatians:5:19 @{Manifest } (\phanera \). Opposed to "hidden " (\krupta \). Ancient writers were fond of lists of vices and virtues . Cf . Stalker 's sermons on _The Seven Cardinal Virtues_ and _The Seven Deadly Sins_ . There are more than seven in this deadly list in verses 19-21 |. He makes the two lists in explanation of the conflict in verse 17 | to emphasize the command in verses 13f |. There are four groups in Paul 's list of manifest vices : (I ) Sensual sins like fornication (\porneia \, prostitution , harlotry ), uncleanness (\akatharsia \, moral impurity ), lasciviousness (\aselgeia \, wantonness ), sexual vice of all kinds prevailed in heathenism . (2 ) Idolatry (\eid “latreia \, worship of idols ) and witchcraft (\pharmakeia \ from \pharmakon \, a drug , the ministering of drugs ), but the sorcerers monopolized the word for a while in their magical arts and used it in connection with idolatry . In N .T . only here and strkjv @Revelation:18:23 |. See strkjv @Acts:19:19 | \perierga \, curious arts . (3 ) Personal relations expressed by eight words , all old words , sins of the spirit , like enmities (\exthrai \, personal animosities ), strife (\eris \, rivalry , discord ), jealousies (\z ˆlos \ or \z ˆloi \, MSS . vary , our very word ), wraths (\thumoi \, stirring emotions , then explosions ), factions (\eritheiai \, from \erithos \, day labourer for hire , worker in wool , party spirit ), divisions (\dichostasiai \, splits in two , \dicha \ and \stasis \), heresies (\haireseis \, the very word , but really choosings from \haireomai \, preferences ), envyings (\phthonoi \, feelings of ill-will ). Surely a lively list . (4 ) {Drunkenness } (\methai \, old word and plural , drunken excesses , in N .T . only here and strkjv @Luke:21:34 ; strkjv @Romans:13:13 |), revellings (\k “moi \, old word also for drinking parties like those in honour of Bacchus , in N .T . only here and strkjv @Romans:13:13 ; strkjv @1Peter:4:3 |). {And such like } (\kai ta homoia toutois \). And the things like these (associative instrumental \toutois \ after \homoia \, like ). It is not meant to be exhaustive , but it is representative . rwp @Galatians:5:21 @{Forewarn } (\proleg “\) {--did forewarn } (\proeipon \). Paul repeats his warning given while with them . He did his duty then . Gentile churches were peculiarly subject to these sins . But who is not in danger from them ? {Practise } (\prassontes \). \Prass “\ is the verb for habitual practice (our very word , in fact ), not \poie “\ for occasional doing . The {habit } of these sins is proof that one is not in the Kingdom of God and will not inherit it .

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