Galatians 5:16

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I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

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  • Gal 5:24-25 : 24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Col 3:5-9 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. 7 You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices, 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
  • Rom 13:13-14 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • Rom 6:12 : 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
  • 1 Pet 4:1-4 : 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin. 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God. 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.
  • Rom 8:4-5 : 4 This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:12-14 : 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
  • Gal 6:8 : 8 The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 1:14 : 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.
  • 1 Pet 4:6 : 6 For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they may be judged according to human standards in the body but live according to God in the spirit.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them. 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
  • Jude 1:19-21 : 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ.

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  • Gal 5:17-19
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    17For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.

    18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

    19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

  • Gal 5:21-26
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    21envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

    24Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

    25If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

  • Rom 8:4-6
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    4This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

    6The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

  • Rom 13:13-14
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    13Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

    14But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

    13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  • Gal 5:13-15
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    13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

    14For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

    15But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

  • Rom 8:8-10
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    8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

    10But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

    18And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 10:3
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    3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.

  • Jas 1:15
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    15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?

  • Gal 3:3
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    3Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now trying to complete it by human effort?

  • Rom 7:17-18
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    17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

    18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

  • Eph 5:15
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    15Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.

  • Col 3:5
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    5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Eph 4:22
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    22You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,

  • Rom 7:20
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    20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.