2 Corinthians 10:3

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For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus. 4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
  • 1 Pet 4:1-2 : 1 So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin; 2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
  • 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

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  • 2 Cor 10:4-5
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    4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

    5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

  • Rom 8:4-6
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    4 So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

    5 For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

    6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

  • Eph 6:10-13
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    10 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

    11 Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

    12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

    13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

  • 2 Cor 5:6-7
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    6 So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

    7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12 So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

    13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16 But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

    17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

  • Phil 3:3-4
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    3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

    4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

  • Gal 5:25
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    25 If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.

  • Rom 8:8-9
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    8 So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

    9 You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

  • 2 Cor 5:16
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    16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

  • 1 Cor 3:3
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    3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1 So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

    2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:16
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    16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

  • Rom 13:13-14
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    13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

    14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

  • 2 Tim 2:4
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    4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11 Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

  • 1 Cor 9:26
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    26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

  • 2 Cor 7:5
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    5 For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

  • 2 Cor 5:3
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    3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5 For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

  • Eph 2:3
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    3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

    12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • Eph 2:10
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    10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

  • 2 Cor 4:18
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    18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14 For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

  • 2 Cor 10:9
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    9 That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

  • 1 Cor 2:13
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    13 And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

  • Rom 8:1
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    1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

  • Eph 6:17
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    17 And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

  • Phil 3:16
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    16 Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

  • 2 Cor 3:4
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    4 And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7 Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.