The Spirit versus the Flesh

16 I say then, walk by the Spirit(A) and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires(B) what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.(C)

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16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(A) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(B) 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(C) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what

20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(A) while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[a](B)—were saved through water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:20 Lit souls

20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently(A) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.(B) In it only a few people, eight in all,(C) were saved(D) through water,

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