Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Ye shall not fulfil (ou mh teleshte). Rather, "Ye will not fulfil." Strong double negative with aorist active subjunctive.
The lust of the flesh (epiqumian sarkov). Bad sense here as usual in Paul, but not so in I Thessalonians 2:17; Philippians 1:23. The word is just craving or longing (from epi, qumov, yearning after).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Galatians 5:16:
Romans 6:13
Romans 8:5
Galatians 5:24
1 Peter 2:11
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