Colossians 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Mortify

Members

Romans 6:13

Romans 7:5

James 4:1

Evil

General references

Job 31:24

Isaiah 11:6

Ezekiel 11:18

Bible References

Mortify

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Members

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

Evil

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;

General references

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.