Romans 8:5
They who follow their earthly nature are earthly-minded, while they who follow the Spirit are spiritually minded.
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In Context
6To be earthly-minded means death, to be spiritually minded means life and peace;
Cross References
John 3:6All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
Romans 8:9You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a person has the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ;
1 Corinthians 2:14The merely intellectual person rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to them it is mere folly; they cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
2 Corinthians 10:3For, though we live an earthly life, we do not wage an earthly war.
Ephesians 5:9for the outcome of life in the light may be seen in every form of goodness, righteousness, and sincerity –
Colossians 3:1Since, therefore, you were raised to life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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 →