Galatians 5:17-18

Walk by the Spirit

17 For x the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, y to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are z led by the Spirit, a you are not under the law.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 7:23
    But I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
    Romans 8:5 - 7
    For those 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.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 7:15
    For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
    Romans 7:18 - 19
    For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 8:14
    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
  4. Cross References
    Romans 7:4
    Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
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