Wednesday Night Bible Class
Wednesday night Bible Study May 13, 2026
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Works of the Flesh (Part I)
For
May 13,2026 Bible Study
I. Works of the Flesh
Works- a task or tasks to be undertaken; something a person or thing must do.
Flesh- the physical nature of human beings.
Featured Texts
a. Galatians 5:19-20
Commentary: Christians are to avoid the works of the flesh and perform the works of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
II. Adultery and Fornication (Sexual immorality NIV)
a. Matthew 5:27-28
b. 2 Samuel 11:2-5
c. Proverbs 6:32-33
d. 1 Corinthians 7:1-4
Commentary: Adultery is committed when a married person has a sexual relationship with someone other than his or her partner. Fornication occurs when unmarried persons have sexual relationships.
III. Uncleanness (Impurity NIV)
a. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Commentary: A Christian cannot continue a sinful life after obeying that doctrine that can save his/her soul. A Christian must be careful with who he or she associates.
IV. Lasciviousness (Debauchery NIV)
a. 1 Peter 4:3
Commentary: A person is driven and preoccupied with lustful desires especially regarding lack of sexual restraint.
V. Idolatry
a. Exodus 20:3-6
b. 1 Corinthians 10:14, 20-22
Commentary: Worshiping gods, objects or ideas in place of God. Idolatry is adultery against God.
VI. Witchcraft
a. Deuteronomy 13:1-5
b. Deuteronomy 18:10-13
c. Acts 8:9-11
d. Acts 19:18-19
Commentary: Witchcraft is the use of sorcery or magic and can involve communication with the devil or with a familiar. The practice is forbidden by God.
VII. Hatred
a. Luke 6:22
b. Luke 6:27
c. Matthew 5:44
Commentary: The feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility. Christians are to love their enemies. Hatred has no place in the Christian heart. Christians will be hated. They are not to hate.
VIII. Variance (Discord NIV)
a. Matthew 7:15
b. 2 Peter 2:1-3
Commentary: Christians must be wary of those who would cause discord, dissensions and divisions. Christians are to be united in Christ.
IX. Emulations (Jealousy NIV)
a. Luke 15:25-32
Commentary: The stirring up of jealousy or envy in others, because of what we are, or have, or profess. Christians are to refrain from giving the appearance of superiority. Christians are to be humble, meek and wise as serpents to bring the lost to Christ.
X. Wrath (Fits of rage NIV)
a. Ephesians 4:26-27
b. Ephesians 6:4
Commentary: Christians are not to give in to anger that can lead to physical confrontations with others. Fits of rage have no place in Christian life. Christians are not to allow the sun to go down on their wrath. We can be angry, but sin not.
Quote of Introspection:
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
James Baldwin
