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Romans 8:5

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3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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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)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • Galatians 5:19–25

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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  • John 3:6

    That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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  • Colossians 3:1–3

    If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

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  • Romans 8:6–7

    For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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  • Philippians 3:18–19

    (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

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  • Romans 8:9

    But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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  • Mark 8:33

    But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

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