Bible Verses about βcarnal christianβ
The Bible contains 50 verses about carnal christian across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βEnvyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.β
βNow the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,β
βHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;β
βIdolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,β
βNevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.β
βBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,β
βSo ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.β
βWives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.β
βFor no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:β
βAnd be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;β
βMeekness, temperance: against such there is no law.β
βFor this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.β
βΒΆ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?β
βFor the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.β
βThat he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,β
βThat he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.β
βTherefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.β
βNeither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.β
βRedeeming the time, because the days are evil.β
βFor we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.β
βThis is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.β
βAnd have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].β
βIf any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.β
βSee then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,β
βSpeaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;β
βWherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].β
βΒΆ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;β
βGiving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;β
βAnd walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.β
βΒΆ Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.β
βLet no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.β
βFor ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:β
βΒΆ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;β
βFor this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.β
βFor to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.β
βΒΆ [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.β
βWherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.β
βBecause the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.β
βBe not ye therefore partakers with them.β
β(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)β
βProving what is acceptable unto the Lord.β
βFor it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.β
βAnd they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.β
βBut all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.β
βFor they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.β
βSo then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.β
βFor the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.β
βBut ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.β
βFor the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.β
βBut if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.β
