While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
2 Corinthians 10:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. American Standard Version (1901) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh Common English Bible Although we live in the world, we don’t fight our battles with human methods. Catholic Public Domain Version For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. |
While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
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.
in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say Yes and No at once?
for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
This charge I commit to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you, that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare,
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,