The Nature Of Man

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: — read the full passage →

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;