Romans 8:6
For the prudence of the flesh is death. But the prudence of the spirit is life and peace.
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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 said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 17:5And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was.
Romans 5:10For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:11For sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, seduced me, and, through the law, sin killed me.
Romans 8:13For 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.
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 →