Bible Verses about 'Nature'

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• By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
  2 Peter 1:4rewarddesiresworld
• Ever since the creation of the world the invisible attributes of God’s eternal power and divine nature have been clearly understood and perceived through the things he has made. Therefore, the conduct of these people is inexcusable.
  Romans 1:20creationstrengthmind
• And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• If you, then, despite your evil nature, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
  Luke 11:13Spiritprayerfamily
• Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though our outer self is continuing to decay, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  2 Corinthians 4:16beautyencouragementreceiving
• You are from your father, the devil,
  and you choose to carry out your father’s desires.
  He was a murderer from the beginning,
  and he does not abide by the truth,
  for there is no truth in him.
  When he lies,
  he speaks in accord with his own nature,
  for he is a liar
  and the father of lies.
  John 8:44devildesirestruth
• Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God.
  Romans 8:8sindependencedesires
• The one who sows in his flesh will reap a harvest of corruption, but the one who sows in the Spirit will reap from the Spirit the reward of eternal life.
  Galatians 6:8sineternal lifeSpirit
• Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
  Colossians 3:9-10lyinglifeconversion
• We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, yet we know that a man is justified not by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we too came to believe in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in him and not by the works of the Law, for no one will be justified by the works of the Law.
  Galatians 2:15-16faithlawrighteousness
• Hence, I advise you to be guided by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16sinSpiritdesires
• The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace.
  Romans 8:6Spiritpeacelife
• For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and those of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh. They are in conflict with one another, so that you cannot do what you want.
  Galatians 5:17obedienceSpirit
• They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and offered worship and service to the creature rather than to the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural practices. Likewise, men gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameful acts with men and received in their own persons the fitting penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since these people did not see fit to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their depraved way of thinking and to all types of vile behavior.
  Romans 1:25-28idolssexualitydesires
• Though he was in the form of God,
  he did not regard equality with God
  as something to be grasped.
  Rather, he emptied himself,
  taking the form of a slave,
  being born in human likeness.
  Being found in appearance as a man,
  he humbled himself,
  and became obedient to death,
  even death on a cross.
  Philippians 2:6-8SaviorobedienceJesus
• Those who live according to the flesh fix their attention on the things of the flesh, while those who live according to the Spirit set their thoughts on spiritual things.
  Romans 8:5lifebodySpirit
• Brethren, you were called to freedom. However, make sure that you do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Instead, serve one another in love.
  Galatians 5:13freedomhumilitydesires
• He is the reflection of God’s glory
  and the perfect expression of his very being,
  sustaining all things by his powerful word.
  Achieving purification from sins,
  he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  Hebrews 1:3sinpurificationWord of God
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality