Thematic Bible: The flesh
Thematic Bible
Flesh » The flesh
My flesh and my heart fail; the strength of my heart is that God is my portion for ever.
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The Spirit is he that gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken unto you, they are Spirit and they are life.
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For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
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all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again unto dust.
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The voice that said, Cry. And I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the mercy thereof is as the open flower of the field: The grass withers, the flower fades because the spirit of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people is grass. The grass withers, the open flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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Watch ye and pray; enter not into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is sick.
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The grace of God, by Jesus, the Christ, our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
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This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye are led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. read more.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; which I denounce, as I have also told you in time past that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; which I denounce, as I have also told you in time past that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The flesh » Mortify the
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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But be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not listen to the flesh, to fulfil its desires.
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil lust, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
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knowing this: that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that we should not serve sin any longer.
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For those that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts.
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so that now the time that remains in the flesh, he might live, not unto the lusts of men, but unto the will of God.
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This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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Therefore if thy right eye should bring thee occasion to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
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Therefore if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to fall, cut them off and cast them from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.
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Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul
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The flesh » General references to man's carnal nature
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows in the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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And I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing; for I have the desire, but I am not able to perform that which is good.
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The grace of God, by Jesus, the Christ, our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
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So then, those that are carnal cannot please God.
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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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War » Figurative » Is against » The flesh
And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me above measure, there is given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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but I see another law in my members which rebels against the law of my mind, bringing captive unto the law of sin which is in my members.
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Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul
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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not as unto an uncertain thing; so I fight, not as one that beats the air; but I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection, lest preaching to others, I myself should become reprobate.
Warfare of saints » Is against » The flesh
And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me above measure, there is given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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but I see another law in my members which rebels against the law of my mind, bringing captive unto the law of sin which is in my members.
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Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul
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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not as unto an uncertain thing; so I fight, not as one that beats the air; but I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection, lest preaching to others, I myself should become reprobate.
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