Les Feldick Bible Study

What are the works of the flesh like hatred, strife, and heresies associated with?

These sins—hatred, strife, and heresies—are associated with the powers of Satan and with a form of false worship or religion. The context ties them to Israel's heresy and idolatry in Jeremiah 44, and it says sexual immorality triggers related fleshly outbreaks such as jealousies, envying, and murders.

Les teaches that hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, and heresies are associated again with the powers of Satan and constitute a form of worship or religion. He illustrates this with Israel in Jeremiah 44, where the people promoted the worship of a goddess, fell into heresy, and were blinded to God's displeasure. He adds that these things are all tied together: sexual immorality triggers jealousies, envying, and murders, and drunkenness is also listed.

Galatians 5:20

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

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