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IV. PRACTICAL APPLICATION TO CHRISTIAN LIVING 5:1--6:10 >
A. Balance in the Christian life ch. 5 >
3. Living by the Holy Spirit 5:16-26 >
The works of the flesh 5:19-21 >
Societal sins (vv. 20-21 )
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Enmities, quarrels, hatred (Gr. echthrai, hostilities)
Strife, discord, variance (Gr. eris, antagonism)
Jealousy, envy, emulation (Gr. zelos, self-centered animosity)
Outbursts of anger, fits of rage, wrath (Gr. thymoi, temper eruptions)
Disputes, strife, factions selfishness, selfish ambition (Gr. eritheiai, putting others down to get ahead)
Dissensions, divisions, seditions (Gr. dichostasiai, disputes over issues or personalities)
Factions, heresies, party spirit (Gr. haireseis, divisions over issues or personalities)
Envyings, jealousies (Gr. phthonoi, wrong desires to have another's possessions)