Romans 7:23

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But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

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For when we were living in accordance with our lower nature, the sinful passions that were aroused by the law were operating in the parts of our bodies to make us bear fruit that leads to death.

For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death.

For the cravings of the lower nature are just the opposite to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are just the opposite of those of the lower nature; these two are opposed to each other, so that you cannot do anything you please.

But you, as a man of God, must be fleeing always from these things; you must constantly strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,

For we all make many a slip. If anyone never slips in speech, he is a man of maturity; he can control his whole body too.

What causes wars and quarrels among you? Is it not your different desires which are ever at war within your bodies? You desire things and cannot have them, and so you commit murder.

Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.