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For The Way of The Flesh Is Death. But You Are Not In The Flesh, But In The Spirit

For the ones being[a] in accordance with the flesh are thinking[b] the things of [c] the flesh, but the ones being in accordance with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the way-of-thinking of the flesh is death, but the way-of-thinking of the Spirit is life and peace. Because the way-of-thinking of the flesh is hostility toward God; for it is not subject[d] to the Law of God, for it is not even able.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:5 Or, existing, and thus, living. This is another way of saying ‘walking’, v 4.
  2. Romans 8:5 Or, setting their minds on, being intent on. This is the focus of their hearts and minds.
  3. Romans 8:5 That is, belonging to; proceeding from.
  4. Romans 8:7 Or, does not subject-itself.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(A) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(B) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(C) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(D) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(E) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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