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Juan 3:6
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. (niv)
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Romanos 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. (niv)
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Salmo 119:20
My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times. (niv)
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Romanos 8:5-8
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. (niv)
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Santiago 4:5-6
Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:“ God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” (niv)
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Eclesiastés 7:20
Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. (niv)
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Mateo 26:41
“ Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (niv)
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Salmo 119:32
I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding. (niv)
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Salmo 19:12-13
But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression. (niv)
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Salmo 51:10-12
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. (niv)
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Santiago 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. (niv)
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Lucas 22:46
“ Why are you sleeping?” he asked them.“ Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” (niv)
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Mateo 16:23
Jesus turned and said to Peter,“ Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” (niv)
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Romanos 7:7-8
What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said,“ You shall not covet.”But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. (niv)
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Filipenses 3:12-16
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.Only let us live up to what we have already attained. (niv)
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Mateo 12:30
“ Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. (niv)
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Salmo 51:1-5
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (niv)
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1 Juan 1 8-1 Juan 1 10
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. (niv)
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Salmo 119:35
Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. (niv)
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Isaías 6:5
“ Woe to me!” I cried.“ I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” (niv)
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Mateo 16:17
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. (niv)
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Romanos 7:10-25
I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do— this I keep on doing.Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. (niv)
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Lucas 22:33
But he replied,“ Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.” (niv)
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Salmo 119:133
Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. (niv)
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Salmo 119:40
How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life. (niv)
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Mateo 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (niv)
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Lucas 22:54-61
Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said,“ This man was with him.”But he denied it.“ Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.A little later someone else saw him and said,“ You also are one of them.”“ Man, I am not!” Peter replied.About an hour later another asserted,“ Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”Peter replied,“ Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him:“ Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” (niv)
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Salmo 119:4-6
You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands. (niv)
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Salmo 119:159
See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love. (niv)
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Gálatas 3:21
Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. (niv)
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Salmo 65:3
When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. (niv)
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Salmo 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. (niv)
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Salmo 130:3
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? (niv)
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Salmo 119:24-25
Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word. (niv)
