Romans 8:9 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

⁹ You are no longer ruled by your desires, but by God’s Spirit, who lives in you. People who don’t have the Spirit of Christ in them don’t belong to him.

Romans 8:11-13 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

¹¹ Yet God raised Jesus to life! God’s Spirit now lives in you, and he will raise you to life by his Spirit.

¹² My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires. ¹³ If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God’s Spirit you say “No” to your desires.