4 Bible Verses about Inner Being
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For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I do this I approve not; for I do not what I wish, but what I hate, this I do. But if what I wish not this I do, I consent to the law that it is good;read more.
and now I no longer do it, but the sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good. For to wish is present with me, but to do the good is not; for the good which I wish I do not, but the evil which I wish not this I do. But if what I wish not this I do, I no longer do it, but sin which dwells in me. I find therefore the law, that when I wish to do good evil is present with me; for I consent to the law of God as to my inward man, [my soul], but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive to the law of sin which is in my members. Miserable man that I am; who will deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord; therefore I myself with the mind serve the law of God, and with the flesh the law of sin.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us, being afflicted in every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in despair, being persecuted but not deserted, being cast down but not destroyed,read more.
always carrying about the death of Jesus in the body, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So that death works in us, but life in you. And having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace may abound through the thanksgiving of many to the glory of God. Wherefore we faint not, but if our outward man is destroyed our inward man is renewed day by day. For the light affliction which is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal weight of glory, while we look not on the things which are seen but on the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are for a time, but those which are unseen are eternal.
Whose ornament let it not be the external [ornament] of braided hair and the putting on of chains of gold or of clothing, but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God.
that he would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith, you being founded and established in love, that you may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height,read more.
and to know the love of Christ which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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