Colossians 3:5

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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

Bible References

Mortify

knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin;

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.

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

Members

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

For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?

Evil

Then what shall we say? is the law sin? It could not be so; but I did not know sin except through the law: for indeed I had not known lusts, unless the law said, Thou shalt not covet.

And these became our examples, in order that we may not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

who being past feeling have given themselves up to debauchery, unto the working of all impurity with greediness.

Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul;