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Romans 7:23
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Romans 7:23
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23 but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.(A)
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Romans 7:23
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Romans 7:23
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23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(A) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(B) at work within me.
Romans 7:23
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Romans 7:23
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23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
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Galatians 5:17
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Galatians 5:17
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17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.(A)
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Galatians 5:17
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Galatians 5:17
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17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(A) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want.(B)
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- Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what
Galatians 5:17
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Galatians 5:17
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17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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James 4:1
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James 4:1
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Friendship with the World
4 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?
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James 4:1
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James 4:1
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Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?
James 4:1
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James 4:1
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4 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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Romans 8:2
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Romans 8:2
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2 because through Christ Jesus(A) the law of the Spirit who gives life(B) has set you[a] free(C) from the law of sin(D) and death.
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- Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
Romans 8:2
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Romans 8:2
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2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
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Romans 6:19
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Romans 6:19
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19 I am speaking in human terms because of your limitations.[a] For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading to even more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.(A)
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- 6.19 Gk the weakness of your flesh
Romans 6:19
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Romans 6:19
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19 I am using an example from everyday life(A) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(B) leading to holiness.
Romans 6:19
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Romans 6:19
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19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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Romans 7:25
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Romans 7:25
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25 Thanks be to God[a] through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with my mind I am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh I am enslaved to the law of sin.
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- 7.25 Other ancient authorities read I thank God
Romans 7:25
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Romans 7:25
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25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(A)
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(B) but in my sinful nature[a] a slave to the law of sin.(C)
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- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
Romans 7:25
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Romans 7:25
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25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
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1 Peter 2:11
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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
1 Peter 2:11
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1 Peter 2:11
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)
1 Peter 2:11
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1 Peter 2:11
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11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Hebrews 12:4
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Hebrews 12:4
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4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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Hebrews 12:4
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Hebrews 12:4
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God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(A)
Hebrews 12:4
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Hebrews 12:4
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4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
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2 Timothy 2:25-26
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2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth(A) 26 and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.[a]
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- 2.26 Or by him, to do his (that is, God’s) will
2 Timothy 2:25-26
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2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,(A) 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil,(B) who has taken them captive to do his will.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
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2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
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