justaname
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Let's look to how Paul explains himself rather than how you attempt to.H. Richard said:So, in your mind living in the spirit is works of the flesh to be good. You don't know what it means to be led by the Spirit. You think it is doing works of the flesh. When did the flesh become the spirit?
You posted; "by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
That means you think you are being led by the spirit. That is to say your flesh is living by the spirit.
Gal 3:3
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
NKJV
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. - Galatians 5:16-25
Rather plain and simple. What does he call works of the flesh here? In a word: sin. He teaches us to repent from such and walk by the Spirit.
Then he explains what it is to produce fruit of the Spirit, to live and walk in the Spirit. The key is if you are led by the Spirit, producing the fruit thereof you are not under the Law.
To speak of Galatians 3:3 contextually Paul is speaking about circumcision and the requirements of the Law. He clarifies this in 5:1-6. You are not applying that verse properly and are guilty of what you combat in the OP, ironic. Paul's entire argument is we are justified through our faith not through the requirements of the Law. Again this is not a license to sin because we are held to the Spirit and walking in it putting to death the deeds of the body.
The entire narrative of the Bible is clear and consistent. The children of God are to repent from sin. We are not under the Law rather held to walk in the Spirit. To be led by the Spirit is to avoid evil, repent from sin.