Romans 8:4

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 that which was impossible by the law, inasmuch as it was impotent through the flesh, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in that flesh:

5For they who are after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they who are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

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Cross References

Romans 2:26If then the uncircumcision observe the righteous judgments of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be accounted for circumcision?

Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

Colossians 1:22by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence:

1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet evident what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

Revelation 14:5And in their mouth no guile is found; for they are blameless before the throne 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 →

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