Jonah Flees From the Lord

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah^(A) son of Amittai:^{(B) 2} “Go to the great city of Nineveh^(C) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,^(A) and they follow me.^(B)

² because through Christ Jesus^(A) the law of the Spirit who gives life^(B) has set you^[a] free^(C) from the law of sin^(D) and death. ³ For what the law was powerless^(E) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,^[b](F) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(G) to be a sin offering.^[c](H) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement^(I) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.^(J)

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