13 Bible Verses about Human Nature, Overcoming

There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above your ability, but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

For the flesh desireth against the Spirit, but the Spirit desireth against the flesh (these are contrary to each other) that ye may not do the things which ye would.

Now if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwell in you. And if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil:

By which he hath given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these, having escaped the corruption which is in the world thro' desire, ye may become partakers of the divine nature:

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

I say then, walk by the Spirit, and fulfil not the desire of the flesh.

I have spoken these things to you, that ye may have peace in me. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but take courage: I have overcome the world.

Seeing then Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind:

I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing; but the flesh is weak.