Romans 8:5

For they that are according to the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh: but they that are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

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In The King James Version

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

In Context

4That the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

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Cross References

John 3:6That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

Romans 8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. Now if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned.

2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh:

Ephesians 5:9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth;)

Colossians 3:1If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ 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 →

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