Galatians 5:21 (DBY)

Passage

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

Galatians 5:23 meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "envyings", "murders", "drunkennesses", "revels", "things", "like", "tell", and "beforehand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "envyings" and "murders", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "idolatry sorcery hatred strifes jealousies angers contentions..." into verse 22's "But the fruit of the Spirit is...", so "envyings" and "murders" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "envyings" and "murders" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.