Sermons of M. John Calvin upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the GalatiansSermons of M. Iohn Caluine vpon the Epistle of Saincte Paule to the Galathians

The. 35. Sermon, which is the fifth upon the fifth Chapter.

The. 35. Sermon, which is the fifth vpon the fifth Chapter.

14 For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, which is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self. 15 If ye bite and devour one another, beware that ye be not consumed one of another. 16 But I say unto you, walk after the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. 17 Surely the flesh lusteth contrary too the spirit, and the spirit contrary to the flesh. For these things are one against another, so as ye can not do all things as ye would. 18 But and if ye be led by the spirit, then are ye not under the Law.

14 For all the Lavve is fulfilled in one vvorde, vvhich is this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self. 15 If yee bite and deuour one another, bevvare that yee be not consumed one of another. 16 But I say vnto you, vvalke after the spirite, and yee shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. 17 Surely the flesh lusteth contrarie too the spirite, and the spirite contrarie to the flesh. For these things are one agaynst another, so as yee can not do all things as yee vvould. 18 But and if yee be led by the spirite, then are yee not vnder the Lavve.

WE see that Moses intending to bring the law into a sum, to the end we might know what was taught us and told us: saith that God will be loved of us, as good reason it is that we should first stick unto him & be knit unto him, and afterward that there should be such a bond of friendship among our selves, as we might be knit together as members of one body. And our Lord Jesus Christ also saith that that is the thing whereby his disciples may be known:¹