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 is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin.

For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

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

Members

Neither yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

From where come wars and fightings among you? come they not from here, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Evil

What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, you shall 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 have given themselves over unto licentiousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

General references

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;

The wolf also 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 there, and they shall take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.