²⁴ Now those who ^[a]belong to ^(A)Christ Jesus ^(B)crucified the flesh with its passions and ^(C)desires.

^39 (A)The one who has found his ^[a]life will lose it, and the one who has lost his ^[b]life on My account will find it.

^5 (A)Therefore, ^[a]treat ^(B)the parts of your earthly body as dead to ^(C)sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which ^[b]amounts to idolatry.

^17 (A)rescuing you ^(B)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, ¹⁸ to ^(C)open their eyes so that they may turn from ^(D)darkness to light, and from the ^[a]power of ^(E)Satan to God, that they may receive ^(F)forgiveness of sins and an ^(G)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by ^(H)faith in Me.’