⁵For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on ^athe things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, ^bthe things of the Spirit.

⁶^aFor the mind set on the flesh is ^bdeath, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

⁷because the mind set on the flesh is ^ahostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

⁸and those who are ^ain the flesh cannot please God.

⁹However, you are not ^ain the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God ^bdwells in you. But ^cif anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

¹⁰^aIf Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is ¹alive because of righteousness.

¹¹But if the Spirit of Him who ^araised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ^bHe who raised ^cChrist Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ¹through His Spirit who dwells in you.

¹²So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

¹³for ^aif you are living according to the flesh, you ¹must die; but if by the Spirit you are ^bputting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

¹⁴For all who are ^abeing led by the Spirit of God, these are ^bsons of God.

¹⁵For you ^ahave not received a spirit of slavery ¹leading to fear again, but you ^bhave received ²a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “^cAbba! Father!”

¹⁶The Spirit Himself ^atestifies with our spirit that we are ^bchildren of God,

¹⁷and if children, ^aheirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^bif indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Read in Logos

Romans 8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Footnotes

1Lit life
1One early ms reads because of
1Or are going to
1Lit for fear again
2Or the Spirit

Cross references

a Gal 5:19–21
b Gal 5:22–25
a Gal 6:8
b Rom 6:21; 8:13
a James 4:4
a Rom 7:5
a Rom 7:5
b John 14:23; Rom 8:11; 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16; Gal 4:6; Phil 1:19; 2 Tim 1:14; 1 John 4:13
c John 14:17
a John 17:23; Gal 2:20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27
a Acts 2:24; Rom 6:4
b John 5:21
c Rom 8:1, 2, 39; 16:3
a Rom 8:6
b Col 3:5
a Gal 5:18
b Hos 1:10; Matt 5:9; John 1:12; Rom 8:16, 19; 9:8, 26; 2 Cor 6:18; Gal 3:26; 1 John 3:1; Rev 21:7
a 2 Tim 1:7; Heb 2:15
b Rom 8:23; Gal 4:5f
c Mark 14:36; Gal 4:6
a Acts 5:32
b Hos 1:10; Matt 5:9; John 1:12; Rom 8:14, 19; 9:8, 26; 2 Cor 6:18; Gal 3:26; 1 John 3:1; Rev 21:7
a Acts 20:32; Gal 3:29; 4:7; Eph 3:6; Titus 3:7; Heb 1:14; Rev 21:7
b 2 Cor 1:5, 7; Phil 3:10; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 2:12; 1 Pet 4:13