Galatians 5:16

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But I say, live 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 behave in accordance with the Spirit.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
  • Col 3:5-9 : 5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 7 You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. 8 But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices 10 and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
  • Rom 13:13-14 : 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
  • 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 So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, 2 in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires. 3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries. 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
  • Rom 8:4-5 : 4 so that the righteous requirement of the law may 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 have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:12-14 : 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh 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 the sons of God.
  • Gal 6:8 : 8 because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 1:14 : 14 Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
  • 1 Pet 4:6 : 6 Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God’s standards.
  • 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 him, 16 because all that is in the world(the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.
  • Jude 1:19-21 : 19 These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In him you also were circumcised– not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

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  • Gal 5:17-19
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    17For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

    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, depravity,

  • Gal 5:21-26
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    21envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: 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 behave in accordance with the Spirit.

    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

  • Rom 8:4-6
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    4so that the righteous requirement of the law may 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 have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

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

  • Rom 13:13-14
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    13Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

    14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

    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.

  • Gal 5:13-15
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    13Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

    14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

    15However, if you continually 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.

    9You, however, 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, this person does not belong to him.

    10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

    18And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by 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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    8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption 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 as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth–

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16because all that is in the world(the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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

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

  • Jas 1:15
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    15Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full 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 into slavery to sin.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

  • Gal 3:3
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    3Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

  • Rom 7:17-18
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    17But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

    18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.

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

  • Eph 5:15
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    15Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,

  • Col 3:5
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    5So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful 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 with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

  • Rom 7:20
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    20Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.