For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would. Treasury of Scripture the flesh. Psalm 19:12,13 Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults... Psalm 51:1-5,10-12 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness... Psalm 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away. Psalm 119:5,20,24,25,32,35,40,133,159 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!... Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments. Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is not a just man on earth, that does good, and sins not. Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips... Matthew 16:17,23 And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you... Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Romans 7:18,21-25 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me... Romans 8:5,6,13 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit... James 4:5,6 Do you think that the scripture said in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy... and these. Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life... Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad. Romans 7:7,8,10-14 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust... Romans 8:5-8 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit... so. Psalm 119:4-6 You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently... Psalm 130:3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Luke 22:33,46,54-61 And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you, both into prison, and to death... Romans 7:15-23 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I... Philippians 3:12-16 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after... James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us...
Context Living by the Spirit
16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would. 18But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, jealousies, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Contentions, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.
Darby Bible Translation
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
King James Bible
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Young's Literal Translation
for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;
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