in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,
and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
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