Gal 5:15 Don't Act Like Wolves

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Don't Act Like Wolves

Gal 5:15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

When people abandon the principle of love, they end up destroying the community through factions.

But understand that Paul is not speaking about the roles of shepherding - criticizing, correcting, exhorting as we see Paul doing throughout this letter. Rather who does the biting and devouring? Not the Shepherd; not the sheep; but the wolves. There were wolves among the Christian community there, and some of the Galatians were going along with them, acting in the part of wolves. In John 10 Jesus also compares wolves to thieves of whom he says, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy" John 10:10

Furthermore the word "destroy" in Gal 5:15 more literally means "consumed" or "used up", which points to the fact that when people fight to defend their legalistic opinions, they waste a lot of energy that could have been used to promote love. And likewise when combating legalism, don't let the battle consume your love for fellow Christians.