Romans 8:12

Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

In Context

11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

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

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Cross References

Romans 6:2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

1 Peter 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, 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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