Romans 8:12

Now, my brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, that according to the flesh we should walk.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And if the Spirit of him who raised our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from among the dead dwell in you, he who raised our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from among the dead will also make alive your dead bodies, on account of his Spirit who dwelleth in you.

13For if after the flesh you live, you must die: but if, after the Spirit, the habitudes of the body you mortify, you live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2Not so. For how shall they who are dead to sin live yet in it?

1 Peter 4:2that henceforth to the lusts of men he should not live, what time he is in the body, but to the will of Aloha.

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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