Romans 8:6
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
In Context
7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Cross References
John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
Romans 8:13For 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.
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 →