death to the flesh: “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts,” Paul says (v. 24). He is saying that the fruit of the Spirit cannot be generated by any energy or efforts of the flesh. The Judaizers were offering the Galatians the Law as a means of restraining the evil tendencies of the flesh. Paul knew only too well (Rom. 7) that the Law, far from restraining such tendencies, only stimulated them to greater activity. The fruit of the Spirit cannot be produced