Romans 8:13
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13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.(A)
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Galatians 6:8
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8 If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.(A)
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1 Peter 2:11
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Live as Servants of God
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A)
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- 2.11 Or one’s life
Colossians 3:5-8
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5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A) 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.[a](B) 7 These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.[b] 8 But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive[c] language from your mouth.(C)
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1 Corinthians 9:27
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27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.(A)
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Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(A)
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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ[a] have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.(A)
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- 5.24 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Ephesians 4:22
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22 to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,(A)
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)
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Romans 8:4-6
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4 so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.[a](A) 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit[b] set their minds on the things of the Spirit.[c](B) 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit[d] is life and peace.(C)
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James 1:14-15
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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.(A)
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Romans 7:5
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5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.(A)
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Galatians 5:19-21
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19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,(A) 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)
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- 5.21 Other ancient authorities add murder
Ephesians 5:18
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18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,(A)
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Romans 6:21
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21 So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.(A)
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Ephesians 5:3-5
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Renounce Pagan Ways
3 But sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.(A) 4 Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. 5 Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.(B)
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Ephesians 4:30
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30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.(A)
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Romans 8:1-2
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Life in the Spirit
8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.(A) 2 For the law of the Spirit[a] of life in Christ Jesus has set you[b] free from the law of sin and of death.(B)
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Romans 6:23
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23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)
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