7 Bible Verses about The Attitude Towards The Flesh
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For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not: for the good which I will I do not; but the evil which I do not will, that I do. If I do that which I do not will, it is no longer I that do it, but sin dwelling in me.read more.
Then I find a law, that, to me wishing to do that which is beautiful, that the evil is present with me: for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man; 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.
For carnality wars against the Spirit, and the Spirit against carnality; for these are antagonistical to one another; so that you may not do the things which you may wish.
but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lust of the flesh.
Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him: because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world. The world and its lust are indeed passing away; but the one doing the will of God abides forever.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
Then therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to depravity, to live according to depravity. For if you live according to depravity, you are about to die: but if through the Spirit you kill the practices of the body, you shall live.
But those belonging to Christ Jesus have crucified carnality with the passions and lusts.