Galatians 5:17

The flesh and the Spirit are in constant opposition, so believers cannot simply do whatever they want. The Christian experiences a real inner conflict between sin and the Spirit.

Cross-references · 34

• Rom 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
• John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
• Rom 8:5–8Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
• Matt 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
• Ps 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
• Ps 51:10–12Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Eccl 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
• Ps 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
• Jas 4:5–6Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
• Ps 19:12–13Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
• Matt 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
• Jas 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
• 1 Jn 1:8–10If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• Rom 7:7–8What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
• Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
• Matt 12:30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
• Ps 51:1–5For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
• Rom 7:10–25So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
• Ps 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
• Luke 22:54–61Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
• Matt 16:17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
• Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
• Isa 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Ps 119:40How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
• Ps 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
• Ps 119:159Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
• Gal 3:21Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
• Ps 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
• Ps 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
• Ps 119:4–6You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
• Luke 22:33“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
• Ps 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
• Phil 3:12–16Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
• Ps 119:24–25Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

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