Galatians 5:17

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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 detect his own mistake? Cleanse me from hidden sin.

Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.

My acts of iniquity they overwhelm me! Our transgressions you blot them out!

Oh, that my ways were steadfast, so I may keep your statutes.

For there is not a single righteous man on earth who practices good and does not sin.

"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"

Then Jesus told him, "How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has.

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body 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 have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot 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 think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?

And these

So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who isn't gathering with me is scattering.

What should we say, then? Is the Law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have become aware of sin if it had not been for the Law. I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the Law had not said, "You must 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 concerning your precepts, that they be guarded with diligence.

LORD, if you were to record iniquities, Lord, who could remain standing?

"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!

Peter told him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to die with you!"

I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.

If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.