Bible verses about "flesh" | MNT

¹³ for if you go on living according to the flesh, you are on the road to die; but if by the Spirit you keep putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

⁷ For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;

¹⁶ Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?

¹⁸ Flee from immorality. Every other sin that a man commits lies outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

¹² For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.

⁸ Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

⁵ For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things.

¹ If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ abides, seated on the right hand of God. ² Set your heart on things above, not on earthly things; ³ for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our life, appears, then will you also appear with him in glory. ⁵ So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry. ⁶ These things are ever bringing down the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience, ⁷ among whom you once led your daily life when you lived in them. ⁸ But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips. ⁹ Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings, ¹⁰ and put on that new self which is continually made over according to the likeness of its Creator, into full understanding. ¹¹ In it that new creation there is no "Greek and Jew," "circumcised and uncircumcised," "barbarian," "Scythian," "slave," "free man," but Christ is all, and in us all. ¹² Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper; ¹³ bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as Christ the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive. ¹⁴ Over them all bind on love, which is the girdle of completeness. ¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ, to which also you were called in one body, rule in your hearts, and show yourselves thankful. ¹⁶ Let the word of Christ have its home in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ever singing with grace in your hearts unto God. ¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word of in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God our Father through him. ¹⁸ Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting for Christians. ¹⁹ Husbands, be loving to your wives, and be not cross or surly with them. ²⁰ Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is well pleasing in Christians. ²¹ Fathers, do not harass your children, lest you make them spiritless. ²² Slaves, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of purpose, out of reverence for your Lord. ²³ And whatever you do, do it heartily as for the Lord, and not for men. ²⁴ You know that from the Lord you will receive reward of the inheritance, for you are the Lord Christ's slaves. ²⁵ For he who wrongs another will be paid back for his wrong-doing, and there will be no favoritism.

¹³ No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man's power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.

⁶ To be earthly minded means death; To be spiritually minded means life and peace.

¹⁶ This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency, ²⁰ idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism, ²¹ envy, drunkenness, revellings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

⁸ And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.