Romans 8:13
For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to flesh.
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Cross References
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were working in our body-parts (through the law) in order to bear fruit to death.
Romans 8:4so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to flesh, but according to Spirit.
Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
Galatians 6:8Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye are sealed for a day of redemption.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:11-17
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the… Read the whole commentary →