Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to one another, so that you do not do what you want.
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the flesh.

Psalm 19:12, 13
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. . . .

Psalm 51:1-5, 10-12
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. . . .

Psalm 65:3
When iniquities prevail against me, You alone atone for our transgressions.

Psalm 119:5, 20, 24, 25, 32, 35, 40, 133, 159
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! . . .

Psalm 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."

Matthew 16:17, 23
Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven. . . .

Matthew 26:41
"Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

John 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

Romans 7:18, 21-25
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. . . .

Romans 8:5, 6, 13
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. . . .

James 4:5, 6
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy? . . .

and these.

Galatians 3:21
Is the Law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Not at all! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the Law.

Matthew 12:30
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

Romans 7:7, 8, 10-14
What then shall we say? Is the Law sin? By no means! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the Law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the Law had not said, "Do not covet." . . .

Romans 8:5-8
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. . . .

so.

Psalm 119:4-6
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. . . .

Psalm 130:3
If you, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Luke 22:33, 46, 54-61
"Lord, " said Peter, "I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death." . . .

Romans 7:15-23
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. . . .

Philippians 3:12-16
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been perfected, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. . . .

James 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

King James Bible
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the flesh desires 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.

International Standard Version
For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

NET Bible
For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the flesh craves anything that opposes The Spirit and The Spirit craves whatever opposes the flesh, and they both are contrary one to another, lest you would be doing whatever you want.
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