Galatians 5:15 (YLT)

Passage

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:13 For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Galatians 5:14 for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Galatians 5:15 and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

Galatians 5:16 And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

Galatians 5:17 for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "another", "bite", "devour", "see--that", and "consumed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "another" and "bite", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "for all the law in one word..." into verse 16's "And I say In the Spirit walk...", so "another" and "bite" 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 "another" and "bite" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.