believer has “died to the law through the body of Christ.” Here the believer dies to the flesh. While in 7:14–25 believers who try to live the Christian life in their own strength utterly fail, in the Spirit they are able to mortify the flesh and find victory (8:37, “more than conquerors”). The Christian grows in holiness and defeats sin only when following the Spirit’s leading and depending on the Spirit’s empowering. It is interesting that Paul says the misdeeds of the body, almost equating the