CONQUERING the flesh

 

1 Corinthians 15:57

King James Version

57 But thanks be to God, 

which giveth us the victory 

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

What does it mean to "conquer" the flesh?

What needs conquering from the flesh?

Why do we need to conquer?

What happens if we don't?

How do we conquer?

We can only be victorious, through CHRIST.

SPIRIT led me to a set of verses that explains everything.

Here's an easy reference:

Why do we NEED to CONQUER our flesh?

1 Corinthians 15:50

King James Version

50 Now this I say, brethren, 

that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; 

neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

How do we CONQUER the flesh?

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

Galatians 5:16-18

King James Version

16 This I say then, 

Walk in the Spirit, 

and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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 ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, 

ye are not under the law.

Galatians 5:24

King James Version

24 And they that are Christ's 

have crucified the flesh 

with the affections and lusts.

What are the WORKS of the FLESH?

Galatians 5:19-21

King James Version

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 

which are these; 

Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 

emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, 

drunkenness, revellings, 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.

What does SPIRIT give us?

Galatians 5:22-23

King James Version

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is 

love, joy, peace, 

longsuffering, gentleness, 

goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: 

against such there is no law.

The world will try to corrupt, defile, and destroy us.

But being born again opens us to the SPIRIT of GOD.

Who teaches us how to live, through JESUS.

As GOD would want us to.

Holy, perfect, saved.

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When GOD turns away from us

 

Isaiah 64:7

King James Version

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, 

that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: 

for thou hast hid thy face from us, 

and hast consumed us, 

because of our iniquities.

Man is sinful, by nature.

Many don't turn to GOD anymore.

What happens when GOD turns away from us?

These Bible versions tell us more:

Isaiah 64:7

Amplified Bible

7 

There is no one who calls on Your name,

Who awakens and causes himself to take hold of You;

For You have hidden Your face from us

And have handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing].

Isaiah 64:7

Easy-to-Read Version

7 We don’t call to you for help.

We aren’t excited about following you,

    so you have turned away from us.

We are helpless before you,

    because we are full of sin.

Isaiah 64:7

Evangelical Heritage Version

7 There is no one who calls on your name,

who rouses himself to take hold of you.

So you hid your face from us.

You made us melt by the power of our guilt.

Isaiah 64:7

GOD’S WORD Translation

7 No one calls on your name

or tries to hold on to you.

You have hidden your face from us.

You have let us be ruined by our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

Good News Translation

7 No one turns to you in prayer; no one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and have abandoned[a] us because of our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

International Children’s Bible

7 No one worships you.

    No one even asks you to help us.

So you have turned away from us.

    And we are destroyed because of our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

Living Bible

7 Yet no one calls upon your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

The Message

No one prays to you

    or makes the effort to reach out to you

Because you’ve turned away from us,

    left us to stew in our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

New American Standard Bible

7 There is no one who calls on Your name,

Who stirs himself to take hold of You;

For You have hidden Your face from us

And have [a]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.

Isaiah 64:7

New Catholic Bible

7 There is no one who invokes your name

    or attempts to hold fast to you.

For you have hidden your face from us

    and have delivered us up because of our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

New Century Version

7 No one worships you

    or even asks you to help us.

That is because you have turned away from us

    and have let our sins destroy us.

Isaiah 64:7

New International Reader's Version

7 No one prays to you.

    No one asks you for help.

You have turned your face away from us.

    You have let us feel the effects of our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

New Life Version

7 There is no one who calls on Your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us, and have given us over to the power of our sins.

Yeshayah 64:7

Orthodox Jewish Bible

7 (6) And there is none that calleth upon Thy Shem, that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee; for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of avoneinu.

Isaiah 64:7

The Voice

7 And it’s so sad because no one calls out to You

    or even bothers to approach You anymore.

You’ve been absent from us too long;

    You left us to dissolve away in the acrid power of our sins.

Isaiah 64:7

Wycliffe Bible

7 None is, that calleth thy name to help, that riseth, and holdeth thee; thou hast hid thy face from us, and thou hast hurtled down us in(to) the hand of our wickedness. (There is no one who calleth on thy name for help, or who riseth up, and taketh hold of thee; and so thou hast hid thy face from us, and thou hast hurtled us down into the hand, or the power, of our own wickedness.)

Isaiah 64:7

Young's Literal Translation

7 And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.

In SUMMARY, when GOD turns away from us, here's what happens:

handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]

We are helpless before you, because we are full of sin.

You made us melt by the power of our guilt.

You have let us be ruined by our sins.

have abandoned[a] us because of our sins

we are destroyed because of our sins

turned us over to our sins

 left us to stew in our sins

surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings

delivered us up because of our sins

let our sins destroy us

You have let us feel the effects of our sins.

given us over to the power of our sins

consumed us, because of avoneinu

You left us to dissolve away in the acrid power of our sins.

thou hast hurtled down us in(to) the hand of our wickedness

thou hast hurtled us down into the hand, or the power, of our own wickedness

thou meltest us away by our iniquities

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INSTRUMENTS of righteousness

 

Romans 6:13

King James Version

13 Neither yield ye your members 

as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: 

but yield yourselves unto God, 

as those that are alive from the dead, 

and your members 

as instruments of righteousness 

unto God.

We are to be used as instruments of righteousness, for GOD's purpose.

But what did apostle Paul mean when he mentioned "members" in this particular verse?

As always, we turn to other Bible versions, for greater clarity.

Romans 6:13

Amplified Bible

13 Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.

Romans 6:13

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

13 Do not continue offering or yielding your bodily members [and [a]faculties] to sin as instruments (tools) of wickedness. But offer and yield yourselves to God as though you have been raised from the dead to [perpetual] life, and your bodily members [and [b]faculties] to God, presenting them as implements of righteousness.

Romans 6:13

Christian Standard Bible

13 And do not offer any parts[a] of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.

Romans 6:13

Complete Jewish Bible

13 and do not offer any part of yourselves to sin as an instrument for wickedness. On the contrary, offer yourselves to God as people alive from the dead, and your various parts to God as instruments for righteousness.

Romans 6:13

Contemporary English Version

13 or let any part of it become a slave of evil. Give yourselves to God, as people who have been raised from death to life. Make every part of your body a slave that pleases God.

Romans 6:13

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

13 nor be presenting your body-parts to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness. But present yourselves to God as-if [b] being alive from the dead, and your body-parts to God as instruments of righteousness.

Romans 6:13

Expanded Bible

13 Do not offer ·the parts of your body [or any part of yourself; L your parts/members] to serve sin, as ·things to be used in doing [L instruments/weapons of] ·evil [unrighteousness; injustice]. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have died and now live. Offer ·the parts of your body [or every part of yourself; L your parts/members] to God ·to be used in doing good [L as instruments/weapons of righteousness/justice].

Romans 6:13

Good News Translation

13 Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes.

Romans 6:13

International Children’s Bible

13 Do not offer the parts of your body to serve sin. Do not use your bodies as things to do evil with, but offer yourselves to God. Be like people who have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used for doing good.

Romans 6:13-14

J.B. Phillips New Testament

12-14 Do not, then, allow sin to establish any power over your mortal bodies in making you give way to your lusts. Nor hand over your organs to be, as it were, weapons of evil for the devil’s purposes. But, like men rescued from certain death, put yourselves in God’s hands as weapons of good for his own purposes. For sin is not meant to be your master—you are no longer living under the Law, but under grace.

Romans 6:13

Living Bible

13 Do not let any part of your bodies become tools of wickedness, to be used for sinning; but give yourselves completely to God—every part of you—for you are back from death and you want to be tools in the hands of God, to be used for his good purposes.

Romans 6:13

Modern English Version

13 Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but yield yourselves to God, as those who are alive from the dead, and your bodies to God as instruments of righteousness.

Romans 6:13

Names of God Bible

13 Never offer any part of your body to sin’s power. No part of your body should ever be used to do any ungodly thing. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have come back from death and are now alive. Offer all the parts of your body to God. Use them to do everything that God approves of.

Romans 6:13

New International Version

13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Romans 6:13

New Living Translation

13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.

Romans 6:13

New Testament for Everyone

13 Nor should you present your limbs and organs to sin to be used for its wicked purposes. Rather, present yourselves to God, as people alive from the dead, and your limbs and organs to God, to be used for the righteous purposes of his covenant.

Kehillah in Rome 6:13

Orthodox Jewish Bible

13 And do not give Chet (sin) control of your natural capacities as neshek (weapons) of peysha (unrighteousness, transgression), but present yourselves to Hashem as ones alive from the Mesim and present to Hashem your natural capacities as neshek (weapons) of Tzedek Olamim.

In SUMMARY, "members" mean:

all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart

bodily members [and [b]faculties]

all the parts of yourselves

your various parts

every part of your body

your body-parts

the parts of your body [or every part of yourself; L your parts/members

your whole being

the parts of your body

your mortal bodies, your organs, yourselves

yourselves

bodies

all the parts of your body

every part of yourself

your whole body

your limbs and organs

your natural capacities

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BELONGING to CHRIST

 

Galatians 5:24

King James Version

24 And they that are Christ's 

have crucified the flesh 

with the affections and lusts.

The verse above makes a declaration of who belongs to CHRIST.

But what does "crucified the flesh" mean?

Let's get to know the symbolism of such.

What are "affections and lusts"?

SPIRIT and SCRIPTURE make things clear:

Galatians 5:24

American Standard Version

24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Galatians 5:24

Amplified Bible

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the [a]sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.

Galatians 5:24

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.

Galatians 5:24

Christian Standard Bible

24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24

Common English Bible

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the self with its passions and its desires.

Galatians 5:24

Complete Jewish Bible

24 Moreover, those who belong to the Messiah Yeshua have put their old nature to death on the stake, along with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24

Contemporary English Version

24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.

Galatians 5:24

Darby Translation

24 But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

Galatians 5:24

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

24 And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.

Galatians 5:24

Easy-to-Read Version

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their sinful self. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Galatians 5:24

Evangelical Heritage Version

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24

Expanded Bible

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified ·their own sinful selves [the sinful nature; the flesh]. They have given up ·their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do [L its passions and desires].

Galatians 5:24

GOD’S WORD Translation

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their corrupt nature along with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24

Good News Translation

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24

International Children’s Bible

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Galatians 5:24

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Those who belong to Christ have crucified their old nature with all that it loved and lusted for.

Galatians 5:24

Lexham English Bible

24 Now those who belong to Christ[a][b] have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.

Galatians 5:24

Living Bible

24 Those who belong to Christ have nailed their natural evil desires to his cross and crucified them there.

Galatians 5:24

The Message

Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.

Galatians 5:24

Modern English Version

24 Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Galatians 5:24

Names of God Bible

24 Those who belong to Christ Yeshua have crucified their corrupt nature along with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24

New Century Version

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Galatians 5:24

New International Reader's Version

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their sinful desires to his cross. They don’t want these things anymore.

Galatians 5:24

New Life Version

24 Those of us who belong to Christ have nailed our sinful old selves on His cross. Our sinful desires are now dead.

Galatians 5:24

New Living Translation

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Galatians 5:24

New Matthew Bible

24 Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the appetites and lusts.

Kehillah in Galatia 5:24

Orthodox Jewish Bible

24 But the ones who are mekabel Moshiach Yehoshua have put to be talui al HaEtz (hanging on the Tree, DEVARIM 21:23) the basar with its teshukot (desires) and its ta’avot (lusts).

Galatians 5:24

The Voice

24 Those of us who belong to the Anointed One have crucified our old lives and put to death the flesh and all the lusts and desires that plague us.

Galatians 5:24

Wycliffe Bible

24 And they that be of Christ, have crucified their flesh with vices and covetings. [Forsooth they that be of Christ, have crucified their flesh with vices and concupiscenes, or covetings.]

In SUMMARY, "crucified the flesh" means:

crucified the [a]sinful nature

crucified the flesh (the godless human nature)

crucified the self

put their old nature to death on the stake

killed

crucified their flesh

crucified their sinful self

crucified the sinful flesh

crucified ·their own sinful selves [the sinful nature; the flesh]

crucified their corrupt nature

put to death their human nature

crucified their own sinful selves

crucified their old nature

nailed their natural evil desires to his cross and crucified them there

killed off for good—crucified

crucified their own sinful selves

nailed their sinful desires to his cross

nailed our sinful old selves on His cross

nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there

put to be talui al HaEtz (hanging on the Tree, DEVARIM 21:23) the basar

crucified our old lives and put to death the flesh

crucified their flesh with vices and covetings

In SUMMARY, "affections and lusts" mean:

passions and the lusts

passions and appetites

passions and appetites and desires

passions and desires

selfish feelings and desires

vices and concupiscences

evil things they wanted to do

old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do

with all that it loved and lusted for

feelings and its desires

natural evil desires

everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities

passions and lusts

sinful desires

passions and desires of their sinful nature

appetites and lusts

teshukot (desires) and its ta’avot (lusts)

all the lusts and desires that plague us

vices and concupiscenes, or covetings

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The TRUTH about SIN

 

James 1:21

King James Version

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness 

and superfluity of naughtiness, 

and receive with meekness the engrafted word, 

which is able to save your souls.

What is sin?

How to conquer sin?

What happens to sinners?

What happens to the righteous?

Scripture gives you the answers.

What does the Bible say about sin?

Matthew 12:31-32

King James Version

31 Wherefore I say unto you, 

All manner of sin and blasphemy 

shall be forgiven unto men: 

but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 

shall not be forgiven unto men.

32 And whosoever speaketh a word 

against the Son of man, 

it shall be forgiven him: 

but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, 

it shall not be forgiven him, 

neither in this world, 

neither in the world to come.

James 4:4

King James Version

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, 

know ye not that the friendship of the world 

is enmity with God? 

whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world 

is the enemy of God.

James 4:16

King James Version

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: 

all such rejoicing is evil.

To know about sin, you must know what's not sin.

John 1:1-5

King James Version

1 In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; 

and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him was life; 

and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; 

and the darkness comprehended it not.

1 John 1:5

King James Version

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him,

and declare unto you, 

that God is light, 

and in him is no darkness at all.

If we are of the light:

1 John 1:7

King James Version

7 But if we walk in the light, 

as he is in the light, 

we have fellowship one with another, 

and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 

from all sin.

If we say we have not sinned:

1 John 1:8

King James Version

8 If we say that we have no sin, 

we deceive ourselves,

and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:10

King James Version

10 If we say that we have not sinned, 

we make him a liar, 

and his word is not in us.

All have sinned.

Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

But if we confess our sins:

1 John 1:9

King James Version

9 If we confess our sins, 

he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We need humility to accept we have sinned.

James 4:10

King James Version

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, 

and he shall lift you up.

James 4:9

King James Version

9 Be afflicted, 

and mourn, 

and weep: 

let your laughter be turned to mourning, 

and your joy to heaviness.

There is no hiding from the TRUTH of SCRIPTURE.

Hebrews 4:12

King James Version

12 For the word of God is quick, 

and powerful, 

and sharper than any twoedged sword, 

piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, 

and of the joints and marrow, 

and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

How to conquer sin?

Psalm 37:8

King James Version

8 Cease from anger, 

and forsake wrath: 

fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Psalm 37:27

King James Version

27 Depart from evil, 

and do good; 

and dwell for evermore.

Psalm 37:34

King James Version

34 Wait on the Lord, 

and keep his way, 

and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: 

when the wicked are cut off, 

thou shalt see it.

James 4:7

King James Version

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Resist the devil, 

and he will flee from you.

James 4:8

King James Version

8 Draw nigh to God, 

and he will draw nigh to you. 

Cleanse your hands, 

ye sinners; 

and purify your hearts, 

ye double minded.

What happens to sinners?

Psalm 37:9

King James Version

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: 

but those that wait upon the Lord, 

they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:15

King James Version

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 

and their bows shall be broken.

Psalm 37:20

King James Version

20 But the wicked shall perish, 

and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: 

they shall consume; 

into smoke shall they consume away.

What happens to the righteous?

Psalm 37:6

King James Version

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, 

and thy judgment as the noonday.

Psalm 37:9

King James Version

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: 

but those that wait upon the Lord, 

they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:11

King James Version

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; 

and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 37:18

King James Version

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: 

and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Psalm 37:23-24

King James Version

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord:

 and he delighteth in his way.

24 Though he fall, 

he shall not be utterly cast down:

 for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 37:28

King James Version

28 For the Lord loveth judgment, 

and forsaketh not his saints; 

they are preserved for ever: 

but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 37:29

King James Version

29 The righteous shall inherit the land, 

and dwell therein for ever.

Psalm 37:37

King James Version

37 Mark the perfect man, 

and behold the upright: 

for the end of that man is peace.

Psalm 37:39-40

King James Version

39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: 

he is their strength in the time of trouble.

40 And the Lord shall help them, 

and deliver them: 

he shall deliver them from the wicked, 

and save them, 

because they trust in him.

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HOLINESS

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