Romans 8:6
for the mind of depravity is death: and the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
In Context
Cross References
John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh to the Father, but through me.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Romans 5:10For if being enemies we are reconciled to God through the death of his Son; how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved through his life:
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Romans 7:11For sin, taking occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it slew me.
Romans 8:13For 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.
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 →