Romans 6:13
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13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.(A)
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Romans 12:1
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12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.(A)
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Romans 6:16
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16 Do you not know that, if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?(A)
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1 Peter 2:24
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24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds[b] you have been healed.(A)
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Colossians 3:5
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5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A)
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Romans 7:5
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5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.(A)
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1 Peter 4:2
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2 so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.(A)
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Colossians 2:13
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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)
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1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.(A)
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1 Corinthians 6:15
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15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!(A)
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1 John 1:9
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9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(A)
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James 3:5-6
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a such a small fire!(A) 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](B)
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
Philippians 1:20
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20 It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.(A)
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—
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- 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
1 Corinthians 6:9
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9 Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes,[a] men who engage in illicit sex,[b](A)
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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
2 Corinthians 10:4
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4 for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human,[a] but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments(A)
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- 10.4 Gk fleshly
Romans 6:11
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11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Isaiah 55:7
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7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(A)
2 Chronicles 30:8
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8 Do not now be stiff-necked as your ancestors were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger may turn away from you.(A)
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
2 Corinthians 8:5
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5 and not as we expected. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and, by the will of God, to us,
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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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Luke 15:32
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32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”(A)
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2 Peter 2:13-15
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13 suffering[a] the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures[b] while they feast with you.(A) 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[c] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! 15 They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor,[d] who loved the wages of doing wrong(B)
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