^6 (A)That which is born of the flesh is ^(B)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.^[a]

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.

⁴ 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. ⁵ 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. ⁶ For to set ^(F)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 ^(G)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; ^(H)indeed, it cannot. ⁸ Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹ 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.

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]

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.

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

³ 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]

^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.

Mystery and Victory

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

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.