Colossians 3:5
New King James Version
5 (A)Therefore put to death (B)your members which are on the earth: (C)fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (D)which is idolatry.
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Colossians 3:5
Amplified Bible
5 So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].
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Colossians 3:8
New King James Version
8 (A)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
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Colossians 3:8
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8 But now rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene (abusive, filthy, vulgar) language from your mouth.
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Romans 2:29
New King James Version
29 but he is a Jew (A)who is one inwardly; and (B)circumcision is that of the heart, (C)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (D)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.
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- Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.
Romans 2:29
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29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and [true] circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by [the fulfillment of] the letter [of the Law]. His praise is not from men, but from God.
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Romans 8:13
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13 For (A)if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you (B)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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Romans 8:13
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13 for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.
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Colossians 2:11
New King James Version
Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
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- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
Colossians 2:11
Amplified Bible
11 In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but by the [spiritual] circumcision of Christ in the stripping off of the body of the flesh [the sinful carnal nature],
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Ephesians 4:22
New King James Version
22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
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Ephesians 4:22
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22 that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who are Christ’s (A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the [a]sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.
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- Galatians 5:24 Lit flesh.
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