Scripture Cards: The Nature of Man

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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.

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.