"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."

"But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I h…"

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

"The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."

"Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."