Romans 8:6
Because for the mind to be given up to earthly things means death; but for it to be given up to spiritual things means Life and peace.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
In Context
Cross References
John 14:6"I am the Way," replied Jesus, "and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 17:5And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.
Romans 5:10For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.
Romans 6:23For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:11For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.
Romans 8:13For if you so live, death is near; but if, through being under the sway of the spirit, you are putting your old bodily habits to death, you will live.
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 →