Romans 7:5 Cross References

Romans 7:5

5: When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced sinful deeds, resulting in death.

Ephesians 2:3

  1. All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.

Galatians 5:16

  1. So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.
  2. The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict.

Galatians 5:24

  1. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Romans 6:13

  1. Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life. And use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.

Galatians 3:10

  1. But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."

Romans 6:21

  1. And what was the result? It was not good, since now you are ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.

1 Corinthians 15:56

  1. For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.

Romans 5:20

  1. God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.

James 4:1

  1. What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Isn't it the whole army of evil desires at war within you?

James 1:15

  1. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death.

Romans 4:15

  1. But the law brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

Romans 8:8

  1. That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
  2. But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.)

Colossians 3:5

  1. So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry.

1 John 3:4

  1. Those who sin are opposed to the law of God, for all sin opposes the law of God.

Romans 7:23

  1. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

Galatians 5:19

  1. When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
  2. idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group,
  3. envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Romans 7:7

  1. Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
  2. But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
  3. I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.
  4. So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.
  5. Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.

Matthew 15:19

  1. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all other sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.

2 Corinthians 3:6

  1. He is the one who has enabled us to represent his new covenant. This is a covenant, not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old way ends in death; in the new way, the Holy Spirit gives life.
  2. That old system of law etched in stone led to death, yet it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses' face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away.
  3. Shouldn't we expect far greater glory when the Holy Spirit is giving life?
  4. If the old covenant, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new covenant, which makes us right with God!

Ephesians 2:11

  1. Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.

Romans 6:23

  1. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 1:26

  1. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.

Titus 3:3

  1. Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.

James 2:9

  1. But if you pay special attention to the rich, you are committing a sin, for you are guilty of breaking that law.
  2. And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.

Romans 3:20

  1. For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.

Romans 6:19

  1. I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.

John 3:6

  1. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven.
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