⁵Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;^s but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.^t ⁶The mind governed by the flesh is death,^u but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^v and peace. ⁷The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^w it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸Those who are in the realm of the flesh^x cannot please God.

⁹You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^y but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^z And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^a they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you,^b then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life^d because of righteousness. ¹¹And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead^c is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^d because of^e his Spirit who lives in you.

¹²Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.^e ¹³For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^f but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^g you will live.^h

¹⁴For those who are led by the Spirit of Godⁱ are the children of God.^j ¹⁵The Spirit^k you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;^l rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^f And by him we cry, “Abba,^g Father.”^m ¹⁶The Spirit himself testifies with our spiritⁿ that we are God’s children.^o ¹⁷Now if we are children, then we are heirs^p—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings^q in order that we may also share in his glory.^r

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

dOr you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
eSome manuscripts bodies through
fThe Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
gAramaic for father

Cross references

s Gal 5:19–21
t Gal 5:22–25
uSee Ro 6:23
vver 13; Gal 6:8
w Jas 4:4
xSee Gal 5:24
ySee Gal 5:24
zver 11; 1 Co 6:19; 2 Ti 1:14
a Jn 14:17; See Ac 16:7; 1 Jn 4:13
bver 9; Ex 29:45; Jn 14:20, 23; 2 Co 13:5; Gal 2:20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27; Rev 3:20
cSee Ac 2:24
d Jn 5:21; See Ro 6:5
ever 4; See Gal 5:24
fSee Ro 6:23
gSee Ro 6:2
hver 6; Gal 6:8
iSee Gal 5:18
jver 19; Hos 1:10; Mal 3:17; Mt 5:9; See Jn 1:12; Gal 3:26; 4:5; Eph 1:5; Rev 21:7
kSee Jn 20:22
lSee 2 Ti 1:7
m Mk 14:36; Gal 4:5, 6
n 2 Co 1:22; Eph 1:13
oSee ver 14; See Jn 1:12
pSee Ac 20:32; Gal 3:29; 4:7; Eph 3:6; Tit 3:7
qSee 2 Co 1:5
r 2 Ti 2:12; 1 Pe 4:13