Romans 8:12

So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]—

Psalm 116:16


O Lord, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;
You have unfastened my chains.

Romans 6:2-15

Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?

1 Peter 4:2-3

so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Bible References

We are

Romans 6:2
Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer?
Psalm 116:16

O Lord, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;
You have unfastened my chains.
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?
1 Peter 4:2
so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.