Romans 8:4

in order that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to depravity, but according to the spirit.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

In Context

3For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity:

5For those being in harmony with depravity, do mind the things of depravity, and those in harmony with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit:

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Cross References

Romans 2:26Then if uncircumcision may keep the righteousness of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Colossians 1:22in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him,

1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

Revelation 14:5And in their mouth no lie is found: for they are blameless.

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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