I cordially agree with God's law, so far as my inner self is concerned,
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel when that day comes, saith the Lord; I will set my laws within their mind, inscribing them upon their hearts; I will be a God to them, and they shall be a People to me;
Hence I never lose heart; though my outward man decays, my inner man is renewed day after day.
praying Him out of the wealth of his glory to grant you a mighty increase of strength by his Spirit in the inner man.
but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value.
For the interests of the flesh are hostile to God; they do not yield to the law of God (indeed they cannot).
Tell no lies to one another; you have stripped off the old nature with its practices,
Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual not literal — praised by God, not by man.