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.

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For (A)the one who sows to his own flesh (B)will from the flesh reap corruption, but (C)the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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11 Beloved, I urge you (A)as sojourners and exiles (B)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, (C)which wage war against your soul.

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(A)Put to death therefore (B)what is earthly in you:[a] (C)sexual immorality, impurity, (D)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (E)which is idolatry. (F)On account of these the wrath of God is coming.[b] (G)In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now (H)you must put them all away: (I)anger, wrath, malice, (J)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth
  2. Colossians 3:6 Some manuscripts add upon the sons of disobedience

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (A)have crucified the flesh with its (B)passions and desires.

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27 But I discipline my body and (A)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (B)I myself should be (C)disqualified.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (A)worldly passions, and (B)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (C)the present age,

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22 to (A)put off (B)your old self,[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through (C)deceitful desires,

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  1. Ephesians 4:22 Greek man; also verse 24

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. 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. For to set (F)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

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14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire (A)when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and (B)sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

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For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (A)in our members (B)to bear fruit for death.

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19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (B)divisions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (C)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
  2. Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit,

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Life in the Spirit

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a] For the law of (A)the Spirit of life (B)has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
  2. Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me

23 (A)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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But (A)sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness (B)must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be (C)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, (D)which are out of place, but instead (E)let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that (F)everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ((G)that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

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30 And (A)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, (B)by whom you were sealed for the day of (C)redemption.

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21 (A)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things (B)of which you are now ashamed? (C)For the end of those things is death.

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