The Nature Of Man

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one; — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with <FI>him<Fi> , that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

A wretched man I <FI>am<Fi> ! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, — read the full passage →

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--