22 Bible Verses about Living Not For The Material

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a fleshly point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a fleshly point of view, we regard him thus no longer.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

in order 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.

But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.

In other words, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

For we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh,

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war as the flesh does.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and in the flesh.

For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

but I see in my members another law, at war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.

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.

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.

We are confident, I say, and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Brethren, even if anyone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, he entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation.

so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the will of God.