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Romans 8:6

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

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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, the things of the Spirit.

7because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

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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 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

Romans 5:10For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

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

Romans 7:11for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

Romans 8:13For if you live after the flesh, you must 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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