Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

Cross References (33)

  • Galatians 5:16 (22)

    So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

  • Romans 6:16 (14)

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are s

  • Romans 8:13 (12)

    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

  • Galatians 5:24 (11)

    Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  • 2 Timothy 2:22 (9)

    Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord o

  • 1 John 2:15–17 (9)

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • Psalms 19:13 (8)

    Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great tran

  • 1 Peter 2:11 (6)

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

  • Ephesians 4:22 (6)

    to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  • 2 Corinthians 4:11 (6)

    For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in ou

  • Ephesians 2:3 (5)

    All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts

  • Romans 13:14 (5)

    Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

  • Titus 2:12 (5)

    It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the pres

  • 1 Corinthians 15:53–54 (4)

    For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

  • 1 Peter 4:2–3 (4)

    Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

  • Romans 2:8 (4)

    But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

  • Numbers 33:55 (3)

    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your

  • Psalms 119:133 (3)

    Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

  • Jude 1:18 (3)

    when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

  • 1 Peter 1:14 (2)

    As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

  • Joshua 23:12–13 (2)

    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate w

  • Judges 2:3 (2)

    So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods w

  • Romans 5:21 (2)

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jes

  • Romans 7:23–24 (2)

    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin th

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:5 (2)

    not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

  • James 4:1–3 (2)

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  • Titus 3:3 (2)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Deuteronomy 7:2 (2)

    and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruct

  • James 1:14–15 (2)

    But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

  • Romans 8:11 (2)

    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will

  • Romans 6:14 (2)

    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

  • Jude 1:16 (1)

    These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others

  • 2 Corinthians 5:4 (0)

    For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that o