Verse 17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:5-8 : 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
  • John 3:6 : 6 ‹That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.›
  • Rom 7:7-8 : 7 ¶ What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
  • Ps 119:20 : 20 ¶ My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
  • Ps 19:12-13 : 12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults]. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
  • Ps 51:10-12 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
  • Ps 65:3 : 3 Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
  • Ps 119:4-6 : 4 ¶ Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
  • Ps 51:1-5 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
  • Matt 12:30 : 30 ‹He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.›
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed› [it] ‹unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.›
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.›
  • Matt 26:41 : 41 ‹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed› [is] ‹willing, but the flesh› [is] ‹weak.›
  • Ps 119:24-25 : 24 ¶ Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors. 25 ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
  • Ps 119:35 : 35 ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
  • Ps 119:40 : 40 ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
  • Ps 119:133 : 133 ¶ Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
  • Ps 119:159 : 159 ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 And said unto them, ‹Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.›
  • Luke 22:54-61 : 54 ¶ Then took they him, and led [him], and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. 59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this [fellow] also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, ‹Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.›
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
  • Phil 3:12-16 : 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 ¶ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Rom 7:10-25 : 10 And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me]. 12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 ¶ For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 ¶ Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.›
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.