²⁴ Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh^(A) with its passions and desires.^(B)

²⁵ Since we live by the Spirit,^(A) let us keep in step with the Spirit.

⁴ in order that the righteous requirement^(A) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.^(B)

³ All of us also lived among them at one time,^(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh^[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.