Romans 8:12

Then therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to depravity, to live according to depravity.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one having raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also create life in your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who dwells in you.

13For if you live according to depravity, you are about to die: but if through the Spirit you kill the practices of the body, you shall live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it?

1 Peter 4:2that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.

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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