For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!

For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?

The anointing you received from God abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this. Instead, because God's anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.

do not boast about being better than the other branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because lies don't come from truth.

nor do you have his word at work in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he sent.

Now I am happy, not because you had such sorrow, but because your sorrow led you to repent. For you were sorry in a godly way, and so you were not hurt by us in any way.

and one of you tells them, "Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily." If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?

Though you have not seen him, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

I beg you, brothers, to become like me, since I became like you. You did not do anything wrong to me.

If I have told you people about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.

Now if I continue living, fruitful labor is the result, so I do not know which I would prefer.

See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!

Now you do not need anyone to write to you about brotherly love, since you have been taught by God to love each other.

For the one who said, "Never commit adultery," also said, "Never murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you become a violator of the Law.

But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins."

John answered them, "I am baptizing with water, but among you stands a man whom you do not know,

I know that you do not have the love of God in you.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?"

Now you do not need to have anything written to you about times and dates, brothers,

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

But if you do not forgive people their offenses, your Father will not forgive your offenses."

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, because I tell you, their angels in heaven always have access to my Father in heaven.