for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.