Romans 4:11
4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised,
so that he would become
the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised,
that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
Romans 4:16
4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace,
with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham,
who is the father of us all
Romans 6:19
6:19 (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.)
For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Romans 7:4-5
7:4 So, my brothers and sisters,
you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.
7:5 For when we were in the flesh,
the sinful desires,
aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body
to bear fruit for death.
Romans 7:7
7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Romans 7:25
7:25 Thanks be
to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then,
I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but
with my flesh I serve
the law of sin.
Romans 8:3
8:3 For God achieved what the law could not do because
it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:11
8:11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one
who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ
from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:3
Conduct in Humility
12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
Romans 16:18
16:18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds
of the naive.