Walking by the Spirit
(Ezekiel 36:16–38; Galatians 5:16–26)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 1 Jhn 3:18-192Co 5:17Gal 3:13Rom 5:11Co 1:30Jhn 5:24Tit 2:11-14Rom 4:7-8 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you 2free from the law of sin and death. Rom 6:142Co 3:17Rom 6:182Co 3:6Rom 8:10-111Co 15:45Jhn 8:32Jhn 8:36 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. 3 He thus condemned sin in the flesh, Act 13:39Gal 4:4-5Heb 7:18-192Co 5:21Gal 3:13Heb 10:141Pe 2:24Rom 6:6 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Gal 5:16Gal 5:22-25Col 1:22Eph 5:26-27Heb 12:23Jud 1:24Rev 14:51Jn 3:2
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 1Co 2:14Gal 5:19-25Jhn 3:6Col 3:1-3Rom 8:6-7Php 3:18-19Rom 8:9Mrk 8:33 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace, Gal 6:8Rom 8:7Rom 8:13Rom 13:14Rom 6:23Jas 1:14-15Gal 5:22Jhn 14:27 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 1Co 2:141Jn 2:15-16Jas 4:4Eph 4:18-192Ti 3:4Col 1:21Heb 8:10Rom 7:22 Those controlled by the flesh 4cannot please God. Jhn 3:5-6Heb 11:5-6Rom 8:9Rom 7:5Col 1:10Heb 13:21Jhn 3:31Jn 3:22
You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, 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. Gal 4:61Co 3:162Ti 1:141Co 6:19Jhn 14:17Eph 1:13Gal 5:24Rom 8:11 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive 5because of righteousness. Gal 2:20Eph 3:172Co 5:212Co 5:1-4Jhn 11:25-26Jhn 17:23Rom 8:11Col 1:27 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead 6will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. 2Co 4:14Rom 6:4-52Co 4:11Eph 1:19-20Rom 8:91Co 6:14Rom 8:2Act 2:24
Heirs with Christ
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. Rom 6:2-151Co 6:19-201Pe 4:2-3Psa 116:16 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Gal 6:81Pe 2:11Col 3:5-81Co 9:27Tit 2:12Gal 5:24Eph 4:221Pe 1:22 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Gal 5:18Jhn 1:12Gal 3:26Gal 5:16Psa 143:10Rev 21:7Gal 5:22-25Rom 8:16-17
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Gal 4:5-72Ti 1:71Co 2:12Rom 8:16Eph 1:5Heb 2:15Mrk 14:361Jn 4:18 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 1Jn 4:132Co 1:222Co 5:5Eph 1:13Rom 8:261Jn 3:19-22Eph 4:302Co 1:12 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. Gal 4:7Gal 3:29Eph 3:61Pe 4:13Rev 21:71Pe 1:42Ti 2:10-14Php 1:29
Future Glory
(2 Corinthians 5:1–10)
I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us. 2Co 4:17-181Pe 4:131Pe 1:5-7Mat 5:11-12Act 20:24Col 3:41Jn 3:21Pe 1:13 The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. Mal 3:17-18Rom 8:231Jn 3:22Pe 3:11-13Php 1:20Isa 65:17Rev 21:1-5Act 3:21 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope Gen 3:17-19Gen 5:29Rom 8:22Jer 12:4Isa 24:5-6Hos 4:3Jer 14:5-6Ecc 1:2 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. Rev 22:3-5Act 3:212Pe 3:13Rev 21:1Rom 8:19
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. Jer 12:4Jer 12:11Jhn 16:21Col 1:23Rom 8:20Mrk 16:15Psa 48:6Rev 12:2 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Php 3:20-212Co 5:2-5Heb 9:28Tit 2:13Eph 1:14Eph 4:30Gal 5:5Rom 7:24 For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? 2Co 5:7Heb 11:12Co 4:181Pe 1:211Th 5:8Rom 12:12Rom 15:13Rom 5:2 But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently. Rom 12:12Heb 10:36Psa 27:14Lam 3:25-26Jas 5:7-111Th 1:3Heb 12:1-3Psa 130:5-7
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. Mat 10:20Eph 6:18Gal 4:6Jhn 14:16Jud 1:20-21Eph 2:18Rom 8:15Psa 6:9 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Jer 17:101Jn 5:14-15Eph 2:18Act 1:24Rom 8:341Ch 28:91Jn 3:21-22Jer 11:20
God Works in All Things
(Ephesians 1:3–14)
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 1Pe 5:10Jas 1:12Gen 50:20Rom 5:3-51Co 2:9Rom 8:35-39Jas 1:3-4Rom 8:30 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. Eph 1:4-5Jer 1:5Eph 1:112Ti 1:91Pe 1:20Rev 13:82Ti 2:191Co 2:7 And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. Rev 17:14Rom 8:28Eph 1:11Rom 9:23-24Eph 1:51Pe 2:9Heb 9:151Co 6:11
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Psa 118:6Jer 1:19Psa 56:111Jn 4:4Isa 54:17Jer 20:11Psa 56:4Psa 27:1-3 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? Jhn 3:16Rom 8:28Psa 84:111Jn 4:102Co 5:211Co 2:12Rom 5:6-101Co 3:21-23 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Isa 50:8-9Rev 12:10-11Isa 54:17Rom 8:1Luk 18:71Th 1:4Zec 3:1-4Rom 3:26 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. Heb 7:25Rom 8:27Heb 9:241Pe 3:22Rom 8:1Col 3:1Heb 10:19-22Mrk 16:19
More than Conquerors
(Psalms 44:1–26)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Jhn 10:28Psa 103:17Jhn 16:33Rom 5:3-52Co 4:171Pe 4:12-14Rom 8:392Ti 4:16-18 As it is written: Psa 44:22Isa 53:71Co 15:301Co 4:92Co 4:10-11Act 8:32Act 20:24Jer 11:19
“For Your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 7
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 1Co 15:571Jn 4:41Jn 5:4-52Co 2:14Rev 21:7Rev 12:11Jud 1:242Co 12:9 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, Jhn 10:28Rom 14:82Ti 1:121Pe 5:8-101Pe 3:22Col 1:161Co 3:22-23Col 2:15 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jhn 10:28-30Rom 8:35Rom 5:81Jn 4:19Eph 3:18-191Jn 4:9-10Jhn 3:16Eph 1:4