Romans 7:18
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18 For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability.(A)
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John 3:6
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6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Psalm 51:5
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5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.(A)
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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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
Psalm 119:115-117
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115 Go away from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God.(A)
116 Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,
and let me not be put to shame in my hope.(B)
117 Hold me up, that I may be safe
and have regard for your statutes continually.
Job 14:4
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one can.(A)
Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ[a] have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.(A)
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- 5.24 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Job 15:14-16
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14 What are mortals, that they can be clean?
Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?(A)
15 God puts no trust even in his holy ones,
and the heavens are not clean in his sight;(B)
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
one who drinks iniquity like water!(C)
Philippians 2:13
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13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Genesis 6:5
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5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.(A)
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Titus 3:3
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A)
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Mark 7:21-23
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21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
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Ephesians 2:1-5
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From Death to Life
2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world,[a] following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.[b](A) 3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(B) 4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(C) 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[c]—by grace you have been saved—
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Romans 8:3-13
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3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin,[a] he condemned sin in the flesh,(A) 4 so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.[b](B) 5 For 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] set their minds on the things of the Spirit.[d](C) 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit[e] is life and peace.(D) 7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,(E) 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit,[f] since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.(F) 10 But if Christ is in you, then the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit[g] is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[h] from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through[i] his Spirit that dwells in you.(G)
12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are obligated, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.(H)
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Romans 7:19
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19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.
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Romans 7:15
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15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.(A)
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Matthew 15:19
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19 For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.(A)
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Genesis 8:21
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21 And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.(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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Philippians 3:12
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Pressing toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal,[a] but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ[b] has laid hold of me.(A)
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Luke 11:13
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13 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit[a] to those who ask him!”
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Psalm 119:176
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176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out your servant,
for I do not forget your commandments.(A)
Psalm 119:40
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- 119.40 Q ms: MT give me life
Job 25:4
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
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