Romans 8:13 KJV

Romans · chapter 8 · verse 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.Romans 8:13 · King James Version

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Romans 8:13 in context

11But 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.

12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13For 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.

14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15For 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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Commentary

In these verses the apostle represents two more excellent benefits, which belong to true believers. I. Life. The happiness is not barely a negative happiness, not to be condemned;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16

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Key words (Strong's)

mortifythanatoōto put to death, metaph., to make to dieG2289 →
Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
deedspraxisa doing, a mode of acting, a deal, a transaction, the doings of the apostles, in a bad…G4234 →
livezaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →

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Bible verses about the Flesh and the Spirit

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