Romans 8:6
For the wisdom of the flesh is death; but the wisdom of the spirit is life and peace.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.
John 17:5And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee.
Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.
Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you shall 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 →