(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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  1. John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit

Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

Keep in Step with the Spirit

16 But I say, (A)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify (B)the desires of the flesh. 17 For (C)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, (D)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are (E)led by the Spirit, (F)you are not under the law. 19 Now (G)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (H)divisions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (I)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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  1. Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
  2. Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(A) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(B) 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(C) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want.(D) 18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(E) you are not under the law.(F)

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(G) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(H) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(I)

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  1. Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what

in order that (A)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, (B)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For (C)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on (D)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on (E)the things of the Spirit. For to set (F)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is (G)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (H)indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact (I)the Spirit of God dwells in you. (J)Anyone who does not have (K)the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

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in order that the righteous requirement(A) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(B)

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(C) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(D) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(E) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(F) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(G) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(H) cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(I) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(J) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(K) they do not belong to Christ.

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26 And I will give you (A)a new heart, and (B)a new spirit I will put within you. (C)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 (D)And I will put my Spirit within you, (E)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (F)be careful to obey my rules.[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees

26 I will give you a new heart(A) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(B) and give you a heart of flesh.(C) 27 And I will put my Spirit(D) in you and move you to follow my decrees(E) and be careful to keep my laws.(F)

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17 Therefore, if anyone is (A)in Christ, he is (B)a new creation.[a] (C)The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or creature

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

17 But he who is joined to the Lord (A)becomes one spirit with him.

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17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[a](A)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit

among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest

All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

47 (A)The first man was from the earth, (B)a man of dust; (C)the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, (D)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (E)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (F)we shall[a] also bear the image of the man of heaven.

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50 I tell you this, brothers: (G)flesh and blood (H)cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us

47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(A) the second man is of heaven.(B) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(C) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(D) so shall we[a] bear the image of the heavenly man.(E)

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood(F) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,(G) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(H)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us

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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13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(A) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(B) you will live.(C)

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19 (A)And I will give them one heart, and (B)a new spirit I will put within them. (C)I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh (D)and give them a heart of flesh, 20 (E)that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. (F)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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19 I will give them an undivided heart(A) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone(B) and give them a heart of flesh.(C) 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(D) They will be my people,(E) and I will be their God.(F)

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How then can man be (A)in the right before God?
    How can he who is (B)born of woman be (C)pure?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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Who can bring (A)a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.

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Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)

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12 And God (A)saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, (B)for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

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12 God saw how corrupt(A) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(B)

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