Romans 8:13

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For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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1 Peter 2:11

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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.

For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.

Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity,

The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.

Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

Instead, each person is tempted by his own desire, being lured and trapped by it.

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For the Spirit's law of life in the Messiah Jesus has set me free from the Law of sin and death.

No, I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.

Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.

Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age

Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.

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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, by whom you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.