Jonah Flees From the Lord

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

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

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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. 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, 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)

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) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(M) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(N) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(O) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(P) cannot please God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  2. 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.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;(A)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,(B)
    my soul and body(C) with grief.
10 My life is consumed by anguish(D)
    and my years by groaning;(E)
my strength fails(F) because of my affliction,[a](G)
    and my bones grow weak.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:10 Or guilt

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