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

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live.

And they that are Christ's, have crucified the flesh with its affections and desires.

But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:

Members

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

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

From whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not hence, from your pleasures that war in your members?

Evil

What shall we say then? That the law is sin? God forbid. Yea, I should not have known sin, but for the law. I had not known lust, unless the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Now these things were for our example, that we might not desire evil things, as they desired.

Who being past feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly desires,