Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
The flesh
The words
Bible References
The spirit
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life set me free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 15:45
Thus is it also written: "The first man Adam became a living soul;" the last Adam a lifegiving spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
Galatians 5:25
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous one for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
The flesh
Romans 2:25
For circumcision is indeed a benefit to thee, if thou keep the Law; but if thou art a breaker of the Law, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.
Romans 3:1
What then is the advantage of the Jew? or what the benefit of circumcision?
1 Corinthians 11:27
So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working by love.
Galatians 6:15
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried aside with various and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, in which those who walked were not profited.
1 Peter 3:21
which in its antitype, baptism, is now saving you,not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the earnest seeking for a good conscience toward God,by the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
The words
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of everlasting life;
John 12:49
Because I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me hath himself committed to me what I should say, and what I should speak;
Romans 10:8
But what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart;" that is, the word concerning faith, which we preach;
1 Corinthians 2:9
but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also is powerfully working in you that believe.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart;
James 1:18
Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1 Peter 1:23
being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.