For what the law could not do(A) since it was weakened by the flesh,(B) God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(C) as a sin offering,[a](D) in order that the law’s requirement would be fulfilled(E) in us who do not walk according to the flesh(F) but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the things of the flesh,(G) but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit. Now the mindset of the flesh(H) is death,(I) but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace. The mindset of the flesh is hostile(J) to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so. Those who are in the flesh(K) cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(L) If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(M) he does not belong to him. 10 Now if Christ is in you,(N) the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit[b] gives life[c] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(O) lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through[d] his Spirit who lives in you.

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  1. 8:3 Or for sin
  2. 8:10 Or spirit
  3. 8:10 Or your spirit is alive
  4. 8:11 Other mss read because of

For what the law was powerless(A) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[a](B) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(C) to be a sin offering.[b](D) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement(E) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(F)

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(G) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(H) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(I) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(J) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(K) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(L) cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(M) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(N) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(O) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(P) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[c] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(Q) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(R) because of[d] his Spirit who lives in you.

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  1. 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.
  2. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
  3. Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
  4. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through