For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.
“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,
Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!
I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
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