Romans 8:5

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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.

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  • Gal 5:19-25 : 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! 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 behave in accordance with the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And 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, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
  • Col 3:1-3 : 1 Exhortations to Seek the Things Above Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, 3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • Mark 8:33 : 33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said,“Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 You, 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.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth–
  • 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.
  • Rom 8:6-7 : 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
  • 1 Cor 15:48 : 48 Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.
  • 2 Cor 10:3 : 3 For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

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  • Rom 8:6-14
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    6For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

    7because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

    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.

    11Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

    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.

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

  • Rom 8:1-4
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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.

    3For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

    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.

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

    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 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.

  • Rom 7:5-6
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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.

    6But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old 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 behave in accordance with 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,

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual– but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery 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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    14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1So, 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,

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

  • John 6:63
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    63The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

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

  • Col 2:23
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    23Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body– a wisdom with no true value– they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

  • 2 Cor 5:16
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    16So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9for the fruit of the light consists 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 want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-15
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    13And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

    14The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building 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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    23Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

  • Gal 6:13
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    13For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that 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 mind,

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.

  • Rom 7:23
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    23But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

  • 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?

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13“Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both.” The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

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    17For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.