For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
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 w
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Sp
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law.
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, the
Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; fo
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for wh
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Fath
When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.