Romans 8:13

New Century Version

If you use your lives to do the wrong things your sinful selves want, you will die spiritually. But if you use the Spirit’s help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, you will have true life.

Cross References

Job 20:13

They cannot stand to let go of it; they keep it in their mouths.

Romans 6:21

You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of them. Those things only bring death.

Romans 6:23

The payment for sin is death. But God gives us the free gift of life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 7:5

In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things that controlled our bodies, so the things we did were bringing us death.

Romans 8:12

So, my brothers and sisters, we must not be ruled by our sinful selves or live the way our sinful selves want.

1 Corinthians 9:27

I treat my body hard and make it my slave so that I myself will not be disqualified after I have preached to others.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Galatians 6:8

If they plant to satisfy their sinful selves, their sinful selves will bring them ruin. But if they plant to please the Spirit, they will receive eternal life from the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught to leave your old self—to stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not make the Holy Spirit sad. The Spirit is God’s proof that you belong to him. God gave you the Spirit to show that God will make you free when the final day comes.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin you, but be filled with the Spirit.

Titus 2:12

It teaches us not to live against God nor to do the evil things the world wants to do. Instead, that grace teaches us to live in the present age in a wise and right way and in a way that shows we serve God.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that your obedience to the truth has purified your souls, you can have true love for your Christian brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply with all your heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul.