Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh, sauour the things of the flesh: but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6For the wisedome of the flesh is death: but the wisedome of the Spirit is life and peace,
Cross References
John 3:6That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is borne of the Spirit, is spirit.
Romans 8:9Now ye are not in the flesh, but in ye Spirit, because ye spirit of God dwelleth in you: but if any man hath not ye Spirit of Christ, ye same is not his.
1 Corinthians 2:14But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2 Corinthians 10:3Neuerthelesse, though wee walke in the flesh, yet we doe not warre after the flesh.
Ephesians 5:9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in al goodnes, and righteousnes, and trueth)
Colossians 3:1If yee then bee risen with Christ, seeke those thinges which are aboue, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
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 →