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16 So I say, live by the Holy Spirit's power. Then you will not do what your sinful nature wants you to do.
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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 The sinful nature does not want what the Spirit delights in. And the Spirit does not want what the sinful nature delights in. The two are at war with each other. That's what makes you do what you don't want to do.
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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 authority of the law.
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 What the sinful nature does is clear. It enjoys sexual sins, impure acts and wild living.
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The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 It worships statues of gods. It also worships evil powers. It is full of hatred and fighting. It is full of jealousy and fits of anger. It is interested only in getting ahead. It stirs up trouble. It separates people into their own little groups.
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idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 It wants what others have. It gets drunk and takes part in wild parties. It does many things of that kind. I warn you now as I did before. People who live like that will not receive God's kingdom.
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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 the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 and gentle and having control of oneself. There is no law against things of that kind.
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gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their sinful nature to his cross. They don't want what their sinful nature loves and longs for.
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Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us march in step with the Spirit.
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Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become proud. Let us not make each other angry. Let us not want what belongs to others.
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Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
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