Effects of finite resistivity, η, on gravitational instability are investigated in magnetohydrodynamical approximation. It is shown that resistivity has a stabilizing effect on this instability. Main approximations used are : (1) small resistivity, v/L
2<<ω
0, where ν=c
2η/4π, L=|B/∇B|≡L
Bor|ρ/∇ρ|≡Lρ, and ω
o2=g (1/L
B+1/Lρ); (2) strong mgnetic field, ω
A>>ω
o andP<<B
2/8π where ω
A is Alfvén frequency. Two cases are examined where plasma is partially ionized (v∞1/ρ) and fully ionized (v∞T
-3/2).
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