Galatians 5:16
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Walking in the Spirit
16 I say then: (A)Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
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Galatians 5:24-25
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24 And those who are Christ’s (A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 (B)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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Romans 8:12-14
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Sonship Through the Spirit
12 (A)Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For (B)if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you (C)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For (D)as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
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Galatians 5:19-21
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19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [c]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (B)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
Galatians 6:8
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8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap (A)everlasting life.
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Colossians 3:5-10
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5 (A)Therefore put to death (B)your members which are on the earth: (C)fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (D)which is idolatry. 6 (E)Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon (F)the sons of disobedience, 7 (G)in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 (H)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who (I)is renewed in knowledge (J)according to the image of Him who (K)created him,
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Romans 8:4-5
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4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who (A)do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For (B)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, (C)the things of the Spirit.
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1 John 2:15-16
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
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Romans 13:13-14
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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy. 14 But (E)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (F)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
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- Romans 13:13 decently
1 Peter 2:11
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Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul,
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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The Corinthians’ Repentance
7 Therefore,(A) having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 (A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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Romans 6:12
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12 (A)Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
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Jude 19-21
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19 These are [a]sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
Maintain Your Life with God
20 But you, beloved, (A)building yourselves up on your most holy faith, (B)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, (C)looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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- Jude 1:19 soulish or worldly
1 Peter 4:1-4
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Christ’s Example to Be Followed
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered [a]for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, (A)but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past [b]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
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- 1 Peter 4:1 NU omits for us
- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
1 Peter 1:14
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14 as obedient children, not (A)conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
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1 Peter 4:6
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6 For this reason (A)the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but (B)live according to God in the spirit.
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1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
Galatians 3:17
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17 And this I say, that the law, (A)which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God [a]in Christ, (B)that it should make the promise of no effect.
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- Galatians 3:17 NU omits in Christ
Colossians 2:11
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Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
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- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
Romans 8:1
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Free from Indwelling Sin
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, (A)who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
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- Romans 8:1 NU omits the rest of v. 1.
1 Corinthians 7:29
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29 But (A)this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
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