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Romans 8:6

Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

In Context

5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

7The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God; indeed, it is unable to do so.

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Cross References

John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 17:5And now, Father, glorify me in yoʋr presence with the glory I had with yoʋ before the world existed.

Romans 5:10For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more will we be saved by his life now that we have been reconciled!

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 7:11For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

Romans 8:13for 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.

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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