Romans 8:12

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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 Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

13For if you live according to the flesh you shall die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2By no means! We died to sin—how shall we live any longer in it?

1 Peter 4:2that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for 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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