Romans 8:4
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.
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- Gal 5:16 : 16 But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
- Gal 5:22-25 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, 23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires. 25 If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
- Heb 12:23 : 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
- 1 John 3:2 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
- Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
- Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.
- Eph 5:26-27 : 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word, 27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
- Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
- Rom 2:26 : 26 If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?
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- Rom 8:5-1410 verses85%
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:
7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
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.
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 him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
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.
14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- Rom 8:1-33 verses80%
1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
- Gal 5:16-183 verses80%
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.
18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- Rom 7:4-63 verses77%
4 In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
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.
6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.
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3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
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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.
- Gal 5:24-252 verses76%
24 And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
25 If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
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14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
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16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
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4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.
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5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
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20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.
- Rom 9:30-312 verses72%
30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
31 But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
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5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
- Gal 3:11-122 verses72%
11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.
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9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
- Rom 7:22-232 verses71%
22 In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
23 But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
- Rom 2:13-142 verses71%
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:
14 For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;
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19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
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14 For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.
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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.
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9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
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3 Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?
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17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
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24 So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.
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7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)
- Rom 7:17-182 verses70%
17 So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
18 For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.