Romans 8:1–9

The Life-Giving Spirit

8Therefore, no condemnation ^xnow exists for those in ^yChrist Jesus, ^za2because the Spirit’s law of life ^bin Christ Jesus has set you ^cfree from the law of sin and of death. ^d3What the law could not do ^esince it was limited ^fby the flesh, ^gGod did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours ^hunder sin’s domain, ⁱand as a sin offering, ^j4in order that the law’s requirement would be accomplished ^kin us who do not walk according to the flesh ^lbut according to the Spirit. ⁵For those who live ^maccording to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, ⁿbut those who live ^oaccording to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit. ⁶For the mind-set of the flesh ^pis death, ^qbut the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile ^rto God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so. ⁸Those who are in the flesh ^scannot please God. ⁹You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, since ^tthe Spirit of God lives in you. ^uBut if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, ^vhe does not belong to Him.