Romans 8:12

Therefore, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, so as to live according to the flesh.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead lives within you, then he who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall also enliven your mortal bodies, by means of his Spirit living within you.

13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if, by the Spirit, you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2Let it not be so! For how can we who have died to sin still live in sin?

1 Peter 4:2so that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by 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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