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Colossians 3:5

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

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ASV

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

KJV

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

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΝεκρώσατεNekrōsatedo put to deathG3499 →
οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
μέληmelēmembersG3196 →
τὰtawhich [are]G3588 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
γῆς,gēsearth:G1093 →
πορνείαν,porneiansexual immorality,G4202 →
ἀκαθαρσίαν,akatharsianimpurity,G167 →
πάθος,pathospassion,G3806 →
ἐπιθυμίανepithumiandesireG1939 →
κακὴνkakēnevilG2556 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὴνtēn<the>G3588 →
πλεονεξίανpleonexiancovetousnessG4124 →
ἥτιςhētiswhichG3748 →
ἐστὶνestinisG1510 →
εἰδωλολατρία,eidōlolatriaidolatry,G1495 →

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Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.Luke 9:23Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.Colossians 3:2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.Galatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.Ephesians 5:3–6But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.1 Corinthians 6:9–10Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Romans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.Ephesians 5:5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.Ephesians 4:19Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

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