Romans 8:5

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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.

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  • Gal 5:19-25 : 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. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 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.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 3:6 : 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • Phil 3:18-19 : 18 For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ, as I have often told you, and now I tell you again with tears. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  • Col 3:1-3 : 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things above, not on the things on the earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • Mark 8:33 : 33 But Jesus turned, looked at his disciples, and rebuked Peter, saying, 'Get behind me, Satan! You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.'
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 especially those who follow the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. They are bold and arrogant, and they are unafraid to slander celestial beings.
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 But 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.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)
  • 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.
  • Rom 8:6-7 : 6 The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace. 7 Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
  • 1 Cor 15:48 : 48 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
  • 2 Cor 10:3 : 3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

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  • Rom 8:6-14
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    6The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

    7Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.

    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.

    11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.

    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.

    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

  • Rom 8:1-4
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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.

    3For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.

    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.

  • Gal 5:16-19
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    16I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

    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 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.

  • Rom 7:5-6
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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.

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

  • Gal 5:24-25
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    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.

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

  • 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.

  • John 3:6
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    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1Therefore, 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.

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

  • John 6:63
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    63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.

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

  • Col 2:23
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    23These have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they have no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 5:16
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    16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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

  • Rom 7:18
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-15
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    13We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit—explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.

    14But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

    15The spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is not subject to being examined by anyone.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

  • Gal 5:22
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

  • Rom 8:23
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    23And not only that, but we ourselves who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

  • Gal 6:13
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    13For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.

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

  • Eph 4:23
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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

  • Rom 7:23
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    23but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.

  • 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?

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

  • Rom 14:17
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    17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.