KJV King James Version
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Romans 8:12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
WEB World English Bible
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
ASV American Standard Version
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
So, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;
Surrounding context — 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.
10 And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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Romans 6:2-15God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?1 Peter 4:2-3That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.1 Corinthians 6:19-20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?Psalm 116:16O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
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