Romans 13:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

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  • Gal 3:27 : 27 For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
  • Gal 5:24 : 24 And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
  • Col 3:5-8 : 5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods; 6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders; 7 Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things. 8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
  • Col 3:10-12 : 10 And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker; 11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all. 12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
  • Rom 8:12-13 : 12 So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh: 13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
  • Gal 5:16-17 : 16 But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
  • 1 John 2:15-17 : 15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world. 17 And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
  • Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

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  • Rom 13:12-13
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    12The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

    13With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

    17For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-4
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    1So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

    2So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

    3Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

    4And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • Gal 5:24
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    24And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

  • Rom 6:11-14
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    11Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

    12For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;

    13And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

    14For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.

  • Eph 4:22-24
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    22That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

    23And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

    24And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

    13For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

  • Col 3:5
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    5Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

  • Gal 5:13
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    13Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

  • Col 3:8-10
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    8But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

    9Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

    10And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

    5For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

    18And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

  • Gal 5:19
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    19Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

  • 1 Pet 1:13-14
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    13So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

    14Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

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    17This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

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    27For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

  • Eph 6:11
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    11Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

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    2And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

  • Col 3:14
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    14And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

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    13For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

    14Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

  • Eph 4:19-20
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    19Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

    20For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

  • Col 2:23
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    23These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

  • Gal 6:12
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    12Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

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  • Rom 6:19
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    19I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

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    12As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

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    19So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

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    1Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

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    16Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good: