22 Bible Verses about Living Not For The Material

Wherefore, henceforth I have no regard to any man for his external appearance: for tho' I formerly look'd for worldly grandeur in the Messiah, yet now I see things in another light.

but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.

now they who belong to Christ, have crucified the animal nature with the affections and passions thereof.

so that the moral obligations of the law might be fulfilled by us, in living according to the spiritual, and not the carnal tenor thereof:

you are not in such a state, but in a spiritual one, provided the divine spirit dwell in you. now if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

that is, the children by natural descent are not thereby the children of God: but the children of the promise are alone considered as his posterity.

for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:

for tho' I am involv'd with the world, I don't sustain the war with their poor arts:

for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

for it is not the Jew in outward appearance, neither is it the external mark of circumcision:

for my mind takes delight in the law of God,

but I perceive in the animal part of me another law warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my animal part.

for if you lead a sensual life, you will be miserable: but if through the spirit you mortify the affections of corrupted nature, you will be happy.

there is the same difference between a married woman and a virgin: the last is religiously concern'd to be holy, both in body and mind: but she that is married is taken up with worldly cares to please her husband.

if any one pretends to be a prophet, or to spiritual gifts, let him be assured that the rules which I have here prescrib'd, are the commandments of the Lord.

) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.

I say then, conduct yourselves by the spirit, and you will not then gratify the animal passions.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, do you, who are spiritual, restore him with all gentleness, taking heed lest you yourselves be overcome by temptation.

by whom also ye have obtain'd the true spiritual circumcision, not effected by men, when you were by a christian circumcision divested of all your carnal affections,

let there be no fraud among you, since you have discarded your former habits and practices, and are become new men,

but Christ, the high priest of a better dispensation that was to come, having appeared, is enter'd into the holy of holys by a nobler and more perfect tabernacle, not the effect of human art, but of a higher nature;

so that for the future he does not pass the rest of this life in gratifying his sensual passions, but in conformity to the divine precepts.