Romans 8:12

So then, friends, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it.

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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 lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

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.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2Heaven forbid! We became dead to sin, so how can we go on living in it?

1 Peter 4:2and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by 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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