But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
'But if ye are led (give yourselves up to be led; in contrast to the previous struggle, Galatians 5:17, the Spirit now prevailing) by the Spirit, ye are not under the law,' because it finds in you no ground of condemnation. For ye are then not working the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:16; Galatians 5:19-21), which bring one "under the law" (Romans 7:7-8; Romans 8:2; Romans 8:14). Legalism and carnality go together. The 'Spirit makes free from the law of sin and death' (Galatians 5:23). The law is made for a fleshly man, and fleshly works (1 Timothy 1:9); not for a righteous man (Romans 6:14-15).