For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no

longer remains a sacrifice for sins, (Heb 10:26; cf. 1 John 3:49).

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present
with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do,
I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice (Rom 7:1819 ESV; cf. 1 Pet
2:11).

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank
God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law
of God, but with the flesh the law of sin (Rom 7:2425; cf. 2 Cor 7:10; Heb 12:1).

The Cause

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown,
brings forth death (Jas 1:1415).

Jesus revealed, What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out
of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man (Mark 7:2023;
cf. Matt 15:1920).

Jesus Helps

For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who
are being tempted (Heb 4:15).

Jesus proclaimed, If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will
know the truth, and the truth will set you free. [] Jesus answered them, Most
assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.' (John 8:3134).

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with

the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it (1
Cor 10:13; cf. Jas 1:12; 4:7).

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us
that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly in the present age (Titus 2:1112).

The Inward Change

For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all,
then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for
themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again (2 Cor 5:1415).

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love
of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world. And the
world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides
forever (1 John 2:1517).

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
me and gave Himself for me (Gal 2:20).

Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in
Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you
should obey it in its lusts (Rom 6:1112).

And those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires
(Gal 5:24; cf. Matt 18:9).

The Way of Escape

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Gal 5:16).

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh,
but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally
minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Rom 8:56; cf. Rom
8:911; 6:1819).

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God
(Rom 12:2; cf. 2 Cor 3:18).

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be
any praise, think on these things (Phil 4:8).

Make No Way to Sin

What fruit did you have then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For
the end of those things is death (Rom 6:21).

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness
and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no
provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts (Rom 13:1314; cf. 1 Thess 5:22).

The Gospel

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may abound? Let it
not be! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that
as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ
was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death,
certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our
old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that
we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin
(Rom 6:17; cf. 1 Cor 15:14; Col 2:1213).

Jesus revealed, Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved (Mark 16:16).

Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord
(Acts 22:16).

Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you
are slaves to him whom you obey; whether it is of sin to death, or of obedience to
righteousness? But thanks be to our God that you were the slaves of sin, but you
have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. Then
being made free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness. I speak in the
manner of men because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you have yielded your
members as slaves to uncleanness, and to lawless act unto lawless act, even so
now yield your members as slaves to righteousness unto holiness. For when you
were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness (Rom 6:1620).