Flesh

and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one. — read the full passage →

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, — read the full passage →

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.