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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Let {G936} not {G3361} sin {G266} therefore {G3767} reign {G936} in {G1722} your {G5216} mortal {G2349} body {G4983}, that {G1519} ye should obey {G5219} it {G846} in {G1722} the lusts {G1939} thereof {G846}.

Therefore, do not let sin rule in your mortal bodies, so that it makes you obey its desires;

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

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

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Cross-References

  • Galatians 5:16 (18 votes)

    [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

  • Romans 6:16 (14 votes)

    Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

  • Romans 8:13 (11 votes)

    For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  • Galatians 5:24 (9 votes)

    And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

  • 1 John 2:15 (8 votes)

    Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 2:17 (8 votes)

    And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  • Psalms 19:13 (8 votes)

    Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.