Romans 6:19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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
Romans 6:19
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19 I am using an example from everyday life(A) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(B) leading to holiness.
Galatians 5:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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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Galatians 5:17
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17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(A) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want.(B)
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- Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what
James 4:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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
James 4:1
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Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?
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
1 Peter 2:11
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)
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