22 Bible Verses about Living Not For The Material

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord's command.

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.