Romans 8:12

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

In Context

11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised the Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwells in you.

13for if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if, through the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2It can not be. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?

1 Peter 4:2so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh, according to the desires of men, but according to the will of God.

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 →

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