Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

Now those who belong to Christ ¹  have crucified the flesh ²  with its passions ³  and desires.

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

The person who speaks on his own authority ¹  desires ²  to receive honor ³  for himself; the one who desires ⁴  the honor ⁵  of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, ⁶  and there is no unrighteousness in him.

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires ¹  that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to ²  each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Therefore God gave them over ¹  in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor ²  their bodies among themselves. ³ 

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires. ¹ 

But I say, live ¹  by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. ² 

This saying ¹  is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, ²  he desires a good work.”

For they said to you, “In the end time there will come ¹  scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.” ² 

For when we were in the flesh, ¹  the sinful desires, ²  aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body ³  to bear fruit for death.

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. ¹  For apart from the law, sin is dead.

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside ¹  the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

It trains us ¹  to reject godless ways ²  and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

in that he spends the rest of his time ¹  on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

especially those who indulge their fleshly desires ¹  and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, ²  they are not afraid to insult ³  the glorious ones, ⁴ 

And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains ¹  forever.