Galatians 5:17

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Galatians 5:17

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Romans 8:5-8

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:13

(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

Psalm 19:12-13

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Psalm 51:10-12

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Psalm 65:3

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

Psalm 119:4-6

You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

Psalm 119:20

I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

Psalm 119:24-25

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.

Psalm 119:32

I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.

Psalm 119:35

Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.

Psalm 119:40

Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!

Psalm 119:133

Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!

Psalm 119:159

See how I love your precepts! O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!

Psalm 119:176

I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

Psalm 130:3

If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

Matthew 5:6

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Matthew 12:30

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

Matthew 26:41

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Luke 22:33

But Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"

Luke 22:46

So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!"

Luke 22:54-61

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

John 3:6

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Romans 7:7-8

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Romans 7:10-25

and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!

Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

Philippians 3:12-16

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

James 4:5-6

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?

1 John 1:8-10

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

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Summary

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

The flesh

And these

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Bible References

The flesh

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?

And these

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

So

You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

But Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"

For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want -- instead, I do what I hate.

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.