Romans 8:4

so that what is required by the Law might be accomplished in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Noyes Bible

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

3For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God hath done, who on account of sin sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and passed sentence of condemnation on sin in the flesh;

5For they who are according to the flesh have their mind on the things of the flesh; but they who are according to the Spirit, on the things of the Spirit.

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Cross References

Romans 2:26If then he who is uncircumcised keep the precepts of the Law, shall not he though uncircumcised be regarded as circumcised?

Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Colossians 1:22in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;

1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be. We know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no falsehood; for 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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