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Scriptures Referenced

Philippians 3:17-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
17 Brothers and sisters, together follow my example
and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you.

18 For there are many, of whom I have often told you,
and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ
[rejecting and opposing His way of salvation], 

19 whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly
[their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], 
and whose glory is in their shame—
who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things. 

20 But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. 
And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, 
the Lord Jesus Christ; 

21 who, by exerting that power which enables Him 
even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform 
[but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that
 they will be like His glorious resurrected body.

1 Peter 2:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)

11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world]
to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires]
that wage war against the soul/

Hebrews 11:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)

16 But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, 
a heavenly one. 
For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] 
to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; 
for He has prepared a city for them.

Galatians 5:19-24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
19 Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident:
they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality 
(total irresponsibility, lack of self-control),

20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, 
disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies],

21 envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these.
I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice 
such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us]
is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience
[not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], 
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified
the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.

Luke 20:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)

25 He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, 
and to God the things that are God’s.”