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 that dwells within me.
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to e
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentle
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fru
Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to m
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who ha
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
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