Galatians 5:17
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17 For (A)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, (B)to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
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John 3:6
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6 (A)That which is born of the flesh is (B)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[a]
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- John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit
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 (A)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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Romans 8:5-8
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5 For (A)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on (B)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on (C)the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set (D)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is (E)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (F)indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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Psalm 119:20
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James 4:5-6
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5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit (A)that he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But (B)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (C)“God opposes the proud but (D)gives grace to the humble.”
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Matthew 26:41
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41 (A)Watch and (B)pray that you (C)may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Surely (A)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
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Psalm 119:32
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- Psalm 119:32 Or for you set my heart free
Psalm 51:10-12
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10 (A)Create in me a (B)clean heart, O God,
and (C)renew a right[a] spirit within me.
11 (D)Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not (E)your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
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- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
James 3:2
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2 For (A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (B)he is a perfect man, (C)able also to bridle his whole body.
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Romans 7:7-8
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The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (A)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (B)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, (C)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (D)For apart from the law, sin lies dead.
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Luke 22:46
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46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and (A)pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
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Matthew 16:23
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23 But he turned and said to Peter, (A)“Get behind me, Satan! You are (B)a hindrance[a] to me. For you (C)are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
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- Matthew 16:23 Greek stumbling block
1 John 1:8-10
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8 (A)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (B)the truth is not in us. 9 (C)If we confess our sins, he is (D)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (E)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, (F)we make him a liar, and (G)his word is not in us.
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Philippians 3:12-16
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Straining Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already (A)obtained this or (B)am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: (C)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for (D)the prize of the upward (E)call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are (F)mature think this way, and if in anything (G)you think otherwise, (H)God will reveal that also to you. 16 Only (I)let us hold true to what we have attained.
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Romans 7:10-25
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10 The very commandment (A)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (B)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (C)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (D)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (E)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (F)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (G)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (H)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells (I)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 (J)For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, (K)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (L)I delight in the law of God, (M)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (N)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (O)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
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Matthew 12:30
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30 (A)Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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Psalm 51:1-5
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Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when (A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 (B)Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your (C)abundant mercy
(D)blot out my transgressions.
2 (E)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and (F)cleanse me from my sin!
3 (G)For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (H)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (I)in your sight,
(J)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, (K)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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- Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
Galatians 3:21
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21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For (A)if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
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Luke 22:54-61
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Peter Denies Jesus
54 (A)Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, (B)and Peter was following at a distance. 55 (C)And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of (D)the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.” 57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” 58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.” 59 And after an interval of about an hour still another (E)insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” 60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and (F)looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, (G)“Before the rooster crows today, you will (H)deny me three times.”
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Luke 22:33
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33 Peter[a] said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both (A)to prison and (B)to death.”
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- Luke 22:33 Greek He
Matthew 16:17
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17 And Jesus answered him, (A)“Blessed are you, (B)Simon Bar-Jonah! For (C)flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, (D)but my Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 5:6
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6 “Blessed are those who hunger and (A)thirst (B)for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
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