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LIFE AND PEACE

Those who live according to the

sinful nature have their minds set

on what that nature desires.

But those who live in accordance

with the Spirit have their minds set

on what the Spirit desires.

The mind of sinful man is death, but

the mind controlled by the Spirit is

life and peace.

The sinful mind is hostile to God.

It does not submit to God’s law,

nor can it do so.

Those controlled by the sinful

nature cannot please God.

You, however, are controlled not

by the sinful nature but by the Spirit,

if the Spirit of God lives in you.

And if  anyone does not have the Spirit

of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

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RAISED UP

As for you, you were dead in your

transgressions and sins, in which

you used to live when you followed

the ways of this world and of the ruler

of the kingdom of the air, the spirit

who is at work in those who are

disobedient.

All of us also lived among them at

one time, gratifying the cravings

of our sinful nature and following

its desires and thoughts.

Like the rest, we were by nature

objects of wrath.

But because of His great love for us,

God, Who is rich in mercy, made us

alive with Christ even when we were

dead in transgressions- it is by grace

you have been saved.

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IN YOU

You, however, are controlled not by

the sinful nature, but by the Spirit,

if the Spirit of God lives in you.

(Romans 8.9).