Romans 8:12

Therefore, brothers, we are debtors - but not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

Montgomery New Testament

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 dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

13for if you go on living according to the flesh, you are on the road to die; but if by the Spirit you keep putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2No indeed; how shall we who have died to sin still go on living in it any longer?

1 Peter 4:2so that in future you may not spend your life in the flesh according to men’s desires, 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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