Romans 8:5–17

⁵For those who are living according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those who are living according to the Spirit are intent on the things of the Spirit. ⁶For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace, ⁷because the mindset of the flesh is enmity toward God, for it is not subjected to the law of God, for it is not able to do so, ⁸and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

⁹But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him^a. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus^b from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.

¹²So then, brothers, we are obligated not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba!^c Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit himself confirms to our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him.