Romans 8:1-9

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Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation^(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,^(B) ²because through Christ Jesus^(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life^(D) has set you^[a] free^(E) from the law of sin^(F) and death. ³For what the law was powerless^(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,^[b]^(H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(I) to be a sin offering.^[c]^(J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that the righteous requirement^(K) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.^(L)

⁵Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;^(M) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.^(N) ⁶The mind governed by the flesh is death,^(O) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^(P) and peace. ⁷The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(Q) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(R) cannot please God.

⁹You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^(S) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(T) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(U) they do not belong to Christ.

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Footnotes

Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin

Proverbs 6:16-24

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¹⁶There are six things the Lord hates,^(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
¹⁷        haughty eyes,^(B)
        a lying tongue,^(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,^(D)
¹⁸        a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,^(E)
¹⁹        a false witness^(F) who pours out lies^(G)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.^(H)

Warning Against Adultery

²⁰My son,^(I) keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.^(J)
²¹Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.^(K)
²²When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
²³For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,^(L)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,^(M)
²⁴keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.^(N)