13. The necessity of living in this way is enforced by a repetition of the sentiment of verse 6: For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit … Therefore the necessity of holiness is absolute. No matter what professions we may make or what hopes we may indulge in, justification, or the manifestation of the divine favor, is never separated from sanctification. You will die. You are about to die; death is inevitable for you. (Compare 1 Thessalonians 3:4; James
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