Romans 8:5

The Holy Spirit Sin Following Jesus

³ For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

⁴ so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

⁶ The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

⁷ because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
KJV: For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
WEB: For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
ASV: For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
DARBY: For they that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; and they that are according to Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
BLB: For those being according to the flesh mind the [things] of the flesh, but those according to the Spirit the [things] of the Spirit.

ÅB: For de som lever etter kjøttet, er opptatt av det som tilhører kjøttet; men de som lever etter Ånden, er opptatt av det som tilhører Ånden.
OTB: De som lever etter kjødet har sitt sinn rettet mot det som hører kjødet til, men de som lever etter Ånden har sitt sinn rettet mot det som hører Ånden til.
B1930: For de som er efter kjødet, attrår det som hører kjødet til, men de som er efter Ånden, attrår det som hører Ånden til.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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Galatians 5:19–25
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
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John 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
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Colossians 3:1–3
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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Romans 8:6–7
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
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Philippians 3:18–19
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
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Mark 8:33
But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
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