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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There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

But what were the fruits that you reaped from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of such things is Death.

When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for Death.

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these--unchastity, impurity, indecency,

For he who sows the field of his earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while he who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap Immortal Life.

As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.

A man is in every case tempted by his own passions--allured and enticed by them.

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For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death.

No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.

And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;

Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.

leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,

Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.

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There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

And do not grieve God's Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the Day of Redemption.

Do not drink wine to excess, for that leads to profligacy; but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God, and speak to one another in psalms and hymns and sacred songs.

Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;