Romans 8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12Truly then we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
14For as many as are guided by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Cross References
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore had ye then in those things at which ye are now confounded? for the end of those things is death.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions excited by the law, wrought powerfully in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.
Romans 8:4that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled by us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,
Galatians 6:8For he that soweth unto his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption, and he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye have been sealed unto the day of redemption.
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 →