Galatians 5:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

So

Bible References

The flesh

Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.

Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?

And these

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

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

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

So

You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.

If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

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

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

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.