Galatians 5:16

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

Cross References

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let Sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.

Romans 8:1

There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

1 Corinthians 7:29

What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

2 Corinthians 7:1

With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.

Galatians 3:17

My point is this--An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.

Galatians 6:8

For he who sows the field of his earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while he who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap Immortal Life.

Ephesians 2:3

And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Colossians 2:11

By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.

1 Peter 1:14

Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,

1 Peter 1:22

Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.

1 Peter 4:6

For that was why the Good News was told to the dead also--that, after they have been judged in the body, as men are judged, they might live in the spirit, as God lives.