Behold, (A)I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Surely I was sinful(A) at birth,(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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(A)That which is born of the flesh is (B)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[a]

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  1. John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit

Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

18     (A)“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1

For the mind that is set on the flesh is (A)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (B)indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(B) cannot please God.

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among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest

All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.