Psalms 119:5
119:5 If only I were predisposed 1
to keep your statutes!
Psalms 119:20
119:20 I desperately long to know 2
your regulations at all times.
Matthew 26:41
26:41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Romans 7:24
7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Romans 7:2
7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her
3 husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
4
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, 5 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Galatians 5:17
5:17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires
6 that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to
7 each other, so that you cannot do what you want.
Philippians 3:13-14
3:13 Brothers and sisters,
8 I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded:
9 Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,
3:14 with this goal in mind,
10 I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God
11 in Christ Jesus.
1 tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”
2 tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”
3 tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
4 tn Grk “husband.”
5 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
6 tn The words “has desires” do not occur in the Greek text a second time, but are repeated in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Or “are hostile toward” (L&N 39.1).
8 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
9 tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”
10 tn Grk “according to the goal.”
11 tn Grk “prize, namely, the heavenly calling of God.”