Related to physical or earthly things, often seen as less important than spiritual things.
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for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
All Scripture References (6)
Romans (1)
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
1 Corinthians (2)
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
2 Corinthians (2)
For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
1 Peter (1)
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.