Romans 8:9
But, ye, have not your being in flesh, but in spirit,—if at least, God’s Spirit, dwelleth in you; and, if anyone hath not Christ’s Spirit, the same, is not his;—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8They, moreover, who in flesh have their being, cannot please, God.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them another heart, And a new spirit, will I put within you,—And will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh:
Luke 11:13If therefore, ye, being, evil, know how to be giving, good gifts, unto your children, how much rather, will, the heavenly Father, give Holy Spirit unto them that ask him!
John 3:34For, he whom God hath sent, the sayings of God, doth speak; for, not by measure, giveth he the Spirit.
John 17:9I, concerning them, make request: not, concerning the world, do I make request, but concerning them whom thou hast given me, because, thine, they are,—
Romans 8:11If, moreover, the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from among the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised from among the dead Christ Jesus, shall make alive [even] your death-doomed bodies, through means of his indwelling Spirit within you.
1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours—
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 →