Romans 6:19
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19 I am using a human analogy[a](A) because of the weakness of your flesh.[b] For just as you offered the parts[c] of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.
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- Romans 6:19 Lit I speak humanly; Paul is personifying sin and righteousness as slave masters.
- Romans 6:19 Or your human nature
- Romans 6:19 Or members
Galatians 5:17
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17 For the flesh desires(A) what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.(B)
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James 4:1
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Proud or Humble
4 What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings(A) that are at war within you?[a]
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- James 4:1 Lit war in your members
1 Peter 2:11
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A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents(A) to abstain(B) from fleshly(C) desires that war against you.[a](D)
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- 1 Peter 2:11 Or against the soul
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