04_Biblica_Aletti_Layout 1 08/07/13 12:56 Pagina 400 400 JEAN-NOËL ALETTI exhortation (pos.) c (But I say) walk by the Spirit 16a d (neg.) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 16b The exhortation’s motivation (vv. 16-24) unfolds by continuing the flesh/Spirit alternation 12: motivations d For the flesh desires against the Spirit 17 but the Spirit desires against the flesh, for those (powers) fight each another 13 to prevent you from doing those (things) you would. c But if you are led by the Spirit you are 18 not under the law. development of the motivations the works of the flesh D Now the works of the flesh are plain: 19 fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the 21 like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not in- herit the kingdom of God. C the fruit of the Spirit But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 22 peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. conclusion And those who belong to Christ Jesus 24 have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Thus the motivation is deployed in two stages. In the first (vv. 17-18), Paul shows why it is important to allow oneself to be guided and led by the Spirit and not by the flesh: these two powers are op- Vv. 18-25, tr. RSV. 12 No matter what has been said by O. HOFIUS, “Widerstreit zwischen 13 Fleisch und Geist?” in ID., Exegetische Studien (WUNT 223; Tübingen 2008) 161-172, for whom the enmity is passive (“feind sein”), the repetition of the verb ἐπιθυµέω + κατά, clearly means that the verb ἀντίκειµαι must have an active connotation (“streiten”, “kämpfen”) (p. 165). © Gregorian Biblical Press 2013 - Tutti i diritti riservati