Romans 8:5
For those who are according to the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;
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In Context
6for the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit—life and peace;
Cross References
John 3:6that which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
Romans 8:9And you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you; and if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ—this one is not His;
1 Corinthians 2:14and the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to know [them], because they are discerned spiritually;
2 Corinthians 10:3for walking in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,
Ephesians 5:9for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
Colossians 3:1If, then, you were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where the Christ is, seated on the right hand of God;
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 →