By choosing no longer to crucify self (Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:1-3), but to choose to give life again to the flesh of the "old man" (Romans 6:6), choosing to be guided by our "carnal mind" (Romans 8:6-7), then we no longer stand justified, righteous or perfect before God because we have now chosen to sin and are now defiled by it.
Kwa kuchagua kutoendelea na kazi ya kusulubisha nafsi (Gal 2:20; Kol 3:1-3), lakini kuchagua kutoa maisha tena kwa mambo ya kimwili ya “utu wa zamani” (Rum 6:6), kwa kuchagua kuongozwa kwa “nia ya mwili” (Rum 8:6-7), basi hatuwezi kusimama tena tukiwa tumehesabiwa haki, wenye haki au wakamilifu mbele za Mungu kwa sababu tumechagua sasa kufanya dhambi na sasa tumenajisiwa na hiyo.