Romans 8:13
for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
12So then, brothers, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh,
14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Cross References
Romans 6:21So what fruit did you have at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end result of those things is death.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, our sinful passions, which were aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit leading to death.
Romans 8:4so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: adultery, fornication, impurity, sensuality,
Galatians 6:8For he who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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 →