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Romans 8:12–13

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8:12So then,13 brothers and sisters,14 we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh 8:13(for if you live according to the flesh, you will15 die),16 but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

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Footnotes

  1. 13 There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.
  2. 14 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in .
  3. 15 Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”
  4. 16 This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So then, brothers and sisters, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh, because 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So then, brothers, we are obligated not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.