(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.
if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,
So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh
Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,