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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And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,

in whom also ye were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ,

Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,