Romans 8:6
To be earthly-minded means death, to be spiritually minded means life and peace;
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
In Context
Cross References
John 14:6Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.
John 17:5and now do you honour me, Father, at your own side, with the honour which I had at your side before the world began.
Romans 5:10For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, will we be saved by virtue of Christ’s life.
Romans 6:23The wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Romans 7:11Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.
Romans 8:13If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits 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 →