Romans 8:5-14

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[a] because of righteousness.
11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[b] his Spirit who lives in you.
12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

Cross References 18

  • 1. Galatians 5:19-21
  • 2. Galatians 5:22-25
  • 3. S Romans 6:23
  • 4. ver 13; Galatians 6:8
  • 5. James 4:4
  • 6. S Galatians 5:24
  • 7. S Galatians 5:24
  • 8. ver 11; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Galatians 4:6; 2 Timothy 1:14
  • 9. John 14:17; S Acts 16:7; 1 John 4:13
  • 10. ver 9; Exodus 29:45; John 14:20,23; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 1:27; Revelation 3:20
  • 11. S Acts 2:24
  • 12. John 5:21; S Romans 6:5
  • 13. ver 4; S Galatians 5:24
  • 14. S Romans 6:23
  • 15. S Romans 6:2
  • 16. ver 6; Galatians 6:8
  • 17. S Galatians 5:18
  • 18. ver 19; Hosea 1:10; Malachi 3:17; Matthew 5:9; S John 1:12; Galatians 3:26; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5; Revelation 21:7

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive"
  • [b]. Some manuscripts "bodies through"
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