So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
NIV
But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).
AMP
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
KJV
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up
NIV
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], [Num. 21:9.]AMP
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
KJV
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it."
NIV
Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it.
AMP
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
KJV
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
NIV
But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth].
AMP
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
KJV
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
NIV
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [Matt. 19:5; I Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31-33.]AMP
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
KJV
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
NIV
For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.
AMP
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
KJV
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
NIV
IF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [Ps. 110:1.]AMP
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
KJV
