Galatians 5:16

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Galatians 5:16

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, lewdness,

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey its passions.

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and greed, which is idolatry.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul.

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.