The Spirit versus the Flesh

¹⁶ I say, then, walk by the Spirit^(A) and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the flesh desires^(B) what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.^(C)

²⁰ who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah^(A) while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people^[a](B)—were saved through water.