Romans 8:12

So then, brothers, we are debtors, but not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.

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Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

In Context

11If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

13For if you live according to the flesh, you are about to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the body's actions, you will live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2May it never be. We who died to sin, how can we still live in it?

1 Peter 4:2As a result, such a person, for the rest of his time in the flesh, no longer lives for men's desires, but for God's will.

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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