1. Galatians 5:24 (ESV)
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To what do passions and desires refer?

Galatians 5:24 (ESV)

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Passions and desires are similar, with passions being an outward expression of which desires are the inner directive force.1

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