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24 And those who belong to Christ[a] have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.(A)

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  1. 5.24 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus

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

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25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

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

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so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.[a](A)

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  1. 8.4 Or spirit

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)

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All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)

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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.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.