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Gal 5:19. Φανερὰ δὲ now manifest) The flesh concealed betrays itself by its own works, so that its discovery is easy.-τὰ ἔργα, the works) unfruitful [as opposed to “the fruit of the Spirit,” Gal 5:22]. The works, in the plural, because they are divided and are often at variance with one another, and even severally [taken each one by itself] betray the flesh. But the fruit, being good, Gal 5:22, is in the singular, because it is united and harmonious. Comp. Eph 5:11; Eph 5:9.-ἅτινα, which) He enumerates those works of the flesh, to which the Galatians were most prone; on the other hand, also those parts of the fruit of the Spirit, which needed to be most recommended to them; comp. Gal 5:15. He maintains this order, that he may enumerate the sins committed with our neighbour, those against God, those against our neighbour, and those in regard to ourselves; and to this order the enumeration of the fruit of the Spirit corresponds.-ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια, uncleanness, lasciviousness) 2Co 12:21, note.