Galatians 5:23 · KJV
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
— Galatians 5:23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. {affections: or, passions}
Galatians 5 — Context
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told {you} in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. {affections: or, passions}
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:9
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,
Acts 24:25
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {sober: or, vigilant}
Titus 1:8
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; {men: or, things}
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they {do it} to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.