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Body
- I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Cor 9:27 ESV
- I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified. 1 Cor 9:27 NASB 1977
- But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service]. 1 Cor 9:27 AMP
Mind
- be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NASB
Body & Mind
- Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you]. Romans 12:1-2 AMP
spirit
Here “spirit” refers to your spirit not the Holy Spirit
How your spirit grows
- He who speaks in a tongue 1edifies himself 1 Corinthians 14:4 NKJV
- Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” Matthew 4:4 BSB
- He humbled you and allowed you to be hungry and fed you with manna, [a substance] which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, so that He might make you understand [by personal experience] that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. Deut 8:3 AMP
13618 οἰκοδομέω [OI)KODOME/W] {oikodoméō} \oy-kod-om-eh’-o\
from the same as 3619; to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm:–(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.