If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.
he who sows for his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, and he who sows for the Spirit will reap life eternal from the Spirit.
Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.
no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.
and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,
Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its emotions and passions.
you must lay aside the old nature which belonged to your former course of life, that nature which crumbles to ruin under the passions of moral deceit,
Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.
For when we were unspiritual, the sinful cravings excited by the Law were active in our members and made us fruitful to Death;
and do not get drunk with wine — that means profligacy — but be filled with the Spirit,
Well, what did you gain then by it all? Nothing but what you are now ashamed of! The end of all that is death;
And do not vex God's holy Spirit, by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.
Sin's wage is death, but God's gift is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Well then, my brothers, we owe a duty — but it is not to the flesh! It is not to live by the flesh!