Misinterpretations often treat this verse as an exhaustive moral checklist to condemn others' salvation over isolated sins, overlooking Paul's emphasis on habitual fleshly living versus Spirit-led transformation; others wrongly equate 'witchcraft' with modern entertainment like fantasy media or 'heresies' with mere denominational differences, ignoring the original context of occult idolatry and gospel-denying factions that foster division rather than promoting grace-enabled repentance.
Galatians 5:20
King James Version (1769)
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Galatians 5:20 lists manifestations of the flesh—idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies—that reveal a life dominated by sinful impulses rather than the Holy Spirit, highlighting how these relational and spiritual poisons erode community and block inheritance of God's kingdom, as Paul urges believers to walk in the Spirit for true freedom and fruitfulness.