Romans 8:6
For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
In Context
Cross References
John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.
Romans 5:10For if, while being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled we will be saved by his life.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:11For sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
Romans 8:13For 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.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:2-10
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after… Read the whole commentary →