Romans 8:4

In this way we could fulfill the good requirements of the law by following the Spirit and not our sinful nature.

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In The King James Version

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

In Context

3What the law couldn't do because it was powerless due to our sinful nature, God was able to do! By sending his own Son in human form, God dealt with the whole problem of sin and destroyed sin's power in our sinful human nature.

5Those who follow their sinful nature are preoccupied with sinful things, but those who follow the Spirit concentrate on spiritual things.

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Cross References

Romans 2:26If a man who is not circumcised keeps the law, he should be considered as being circumcised even though he's not.

Galatians 5:22But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,

Colossians 1:22but now he has reconciled you through his dying human body, bringing you into his presence where you stand holy, pure, and faultless.

1 John 3:2My friends, we are already God's children; however what we shall become hasn't been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

Revelation 14:5They speak no lies; they are without fault.

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 →

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