for ifyou are livingaccordingto the flesh,you mustdie;but ifby the Spirityou are putting to deaththe deedsof the body,you will live.
[Though] he desiresit and will not letit go,But holdsit in his mouth,
Thereforewhatbenefitwere you thenderivingfrom the things of whichyou are nowashamed?For the outcomeof those thingsis death.
For the wagesof sinis death,but the free giftof Godis eternallifein ChristJesusour Lord.
For whilewe were in the flesh,the sinfulpassions,which were [aroused] by the Law,were at workin the membersof our body to bear fruitfor death.
So then,brethren,we are under obligation,not to the flesh,to liveaccordingto the flesh--
but I disciplinemy bodyand make it my slave,so that, after I have preachedto others,I myselfwill not be disqualified.
Nowthosewho belong to ChristJesushave crucifiedthe fleshwith its passionsand desires.
For the one who sowsto his ownfleshwill from the fleshreapcorruption,but the one who sowsto the Spiritwill from the Spiritreapeternallife.
that, in referenceto your formermanner of life,you lay asidethe oldself,which is being corruptedin accordancewith the lustsof deceit,
Do not grievethe HolySpiritof God,by whomyou were sealedfor the dayof redemption.
And do not get drunkwith wine,for that is dissipation,but be filledwith the Spirit,
instructingus to denyungodlinessand worldlydesiresand to livesensibly,righteouslyand godlyin the presentage,
Since you have in obedienceto the truthpurifiedyour soulsfor a sincerelove of the brethren,ferventlyloveone anotherfrom the heart,
Beloved,I urgeyou as aliensand strangersto abstainfrom fleshlylustswhichwage waragainstthe soul.
