Romans 8:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
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“For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 8:13 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 20:13though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
- Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 7:5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:4so 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.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
- Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
- James 1:14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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