Galatians 5:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ Πνεύματι ἄγεσθε, οὐκ ἐστὲ ὑπὸ νόμον.

Transliteration

But if by Pneumati agesthe, you are not hypo nomon.

Grammar Details

• *Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - by/with Spirit
• *agesthe*: present, passive, indicative, 2nd person plural - are led/guided
• *hypo*: preposition with accusative - under
• *nomon*: accusative, masculine, singular - law

Word Meanings

• *Pneumati*: Spirit/spirit/breath
• *agesthe*: are led/guided/directed
• *hypo*: under/subject to
• *nomon*: law/legal system/rule

Referenced Verses

• Rom 8:14 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
• Rom 6:14-15 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
• Rom 7:4 : 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
• Rom 8:12 : 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
• Gal 4:5-6 : 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
• Gal 5:16 : 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
• Gal 5:25 : 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
• 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
• 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
• 1 John 2:20-27 : 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
• Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• Prov 8:20 : 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
• Isa 48:16-18 : 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• John 16:13 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.