14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires.(B)

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14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 13:14 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.

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly(A) desires, carrying out the inclinations(B) of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath(C) as the others were also.

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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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Footnotes

  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.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires,[a] but for God’s will.(A)

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  1. 1 Peter 4:2 Lit for desires of human beings

As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God.

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That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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18 For by uttering boastful, empty words,(A) they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped[a] from those who live in error.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 Or people who are barely escaping

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.

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18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

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