KJV ORIGINAL
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your human nature and God's Spirit are constantly at war with each other — they want completely opposite things. That's why you feel that internal struggle where you can't always do what you really want to do.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
That inner battle you feel between doing right and wrong? It's real, and it's normal.
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