Romans 8:5
For they who are in the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh: and they who are of the Spirit, do mind the things of the Spirit.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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John 3:6That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
Romans 8:9Ye, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit; if the Spirit of God truly dwelleth in you. And if in any one there is not the Spirit of Messiah he is none of his.
1 Corinthians 2:14For a man in his natural self, receiveth not spirituals; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them; for they are discerned by the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 10:3For, although we walk in the flesh, our warfare is not after the flesh.
Ephesians 5:9For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.
Colossians 3:1If then ye have risen with the Messiah, seek the things on high, where the Messiah sitteth on the right hand 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 →