Galatians 5:17
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that yee cannot doe the things that yee would.”
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Galatians 5:17 Context
15But if yee bite and deuoure one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another. 16This I say then, Walke in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that yee cannot doe the things that yee would. 18But if yee be lead of the spirit, yee are not vnder the Law. 19Nowe the workes of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adulterie, fornication, vncleannesse, lasciuiousnesse,
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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.
- King James Version
For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
- New American Standard Version (1995)