Romans 7:18
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18 For I know that (A)in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
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John 3:6
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6 That which is born of the flesh is (A)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Psalm 51:5
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5 (A)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Romans 7:25
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25 (A)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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Psalm 119:115-117
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115 (A)Depart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!
116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not let me (B)be ashamed of my hope.
117 [a]Hold me up, and I shall be safe,
And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
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- Psalm 119:117 Uphold me
Job 14:4
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4 Who (A)can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
Job 15:14-16
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14 “What(A) is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15 (B)If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
16 (C)How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
(D)Who drinks iniquity like water!
Galatians 5:17
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17 For (A)the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, (B)so that you do not do the things that you wish.
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Genesis 6:5
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5 Then [a]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (A)intent[b] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil [c]continually.
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- Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
- Genesis 6:5 thought
- Genesis 6:5 all the day
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who are Christ’s (A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Mark 7:21-23
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21 (A)For from within, out of the heart of men, (B)proceed evil thoughts, (C)adulteries, (D)fornications, murders, 22 thefts, (E)covetousness, wickedness, (F)deceit, (G)lewdness, an evil eye, (H)blasphemy, (I)pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
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Philippians 2:13
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13 for (A)it is God who works in you both to will and to do (B)for His good pleasure.
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Ephesians 2:1-5
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By Grace Through Faith
2 And (A)you He made alive, (B)who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 (C)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (E)the sons of disobedience, 3 (F)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (G)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (H)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, (I)who is rich in mercy, because of His (J)great love with which He loved us, 5 (K)even when we were dead in trespasses, (L)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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- Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon
Romans 8:3-13
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3 For (A)what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, (B)God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who (C)do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For (D)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, (E)the things of the Spirit. 6 For (F)to be [a]carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because (G)the [b]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, (H)nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of (I)Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, (J)He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [c]through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Sonship Through the Spirit
12 (K)Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For (L)if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you (M)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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- Romans 8:6 fleshly
- Romans 8:7 fleshly
- Romans 8:11 Or because of
Romans 7:19
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19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.
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Matthew 15:19
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19 (A)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
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Genesis 8:21
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21 And the Lord smelled (A)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again (B)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the (C)imagination[a] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (D)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
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- Genesis 8:21 intent or thought
Romans 7:15
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15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. (A)For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.
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Luke 11:13
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13 If you then, being evil, know how to give (A)good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
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Psalm 119:176
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176 (A)I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.
Psalm 119:40
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40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
Job 25:4
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1 Peter 4:2
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2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, (A)but for the will of God.
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Philippians 3:12
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Pressing Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already (A)attained,[a] or am already (B)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
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- Philippians 3:12 obtained it
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