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14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.
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If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For 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, to prevent you from doing what you would.
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For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law.
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
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The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,
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idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
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gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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