And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain with mankind for ever, because they are corrupt. , Their days will be 120 years.’
Galatians 5:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). American Standard Version (1901) But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Common English Bible I say be guided by the Spirit and you won’t carry out your selfish desires. Catholic Public Domain Version So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. |
And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain with mankind for ever, because they are corrupt. , Their days will be 120 years.’
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.
This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,
So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.
Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, ,
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.
For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, , so that, although they might be judged in the flesh according to human standards, they might live in the spirit according to God’s standards.