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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: makes him feel so low that he cannot trust in his good works. He therefore
goes to Christ to find perfect righteousness. This keeps a Christian humble.
VERSES 19, 20. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these: adultery, fornification, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry,
witchcraft . . .
Paul does not enumerate all the works of the flesh, but only certain ones.
First, he mentions various kinds of carnal lusts, as adultery, fornication,
wantonness, etc. But carnal lust is not the only work of the flesh, and so he
counts among the works of the flesh also idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, and
the like. These terms are so familiar that they do not require lengthy
explanations.
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