Romans 8:6
New International Version
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

New Living Translation
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

English Standard Version
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Berean Standard Bible
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

Berean Literal Bible
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit, life and peace,

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

New King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

New American Standard Bible
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

NASB 1995
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

NASB 1977
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Legacy Standard Bible
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Amplified Bible
Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever];

Christian Standard Bible
Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.

American Standard Version
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of The Spirit is life and peace,

Contemporary English Version
If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the wisdom of the flesh is death; but the wisdom of the spirit is life and peace.

English Revised Version
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the spirit is life and peace:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The corrupt nature's attitude leads to death. But the spiritual nature's attitude leads to life and peace.

Good News Translation
To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace.

International Standard Version
To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

Literal Standard Version
for the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit—life and peace;

Majority Standard Bible
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

New American Bible
The concern of the flesh is death, but the concern of the spirit is life and peace.

NET Bible
For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

New Revised Standard Version
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

New Heart English Bible
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace;

Webster's Bible Translation
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

Weymouth New Testament
Because for the mind to be given up to earthly things means death; but for it to be given up to spiritual things means Life and peace.

World English Bible
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Young's Literal Translation
for the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Living in the Spirit
5Those 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, 7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.…

Cross References
Romans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:13
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.

Romans 8:27
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Galatians 6:8
The 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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

to be carnally minded.

Romans 8:7,13
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be…

Romans 6:21,23
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death…

Romans 7:5,11
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death…

to be spiritually minded.

Romans 5:1,10
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: …

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

John 14:6,27
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me…

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Romans 8
1. Those who are in Christ are free from condemnation.
5. What harm comes of the flesh;
13. and what good of the Spirit.
19. The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,
29. was beforehand decreed from God.
38. Nothing can sever us from his love.














(6) Translate, For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. To think of nothing but the gratification of the senses, is in itself death--that dead condition of the soul which issues in eternal death; and, on the other hand, to have the thoughts and affections governed solely by the Spirit, brings with it that healthful, vital harmony of all the functions of the soul which is a sure pledge and foretaste of a blissful immortality. Death and life are here, as elsewhere, most frequently in St. Paul, neither spiritual death and life alone, nor eternal death and life alone, but both combined. The Apostle does not here draw any distinction between the two things.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mind
φρόνημα (phronēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5427: Thought, purpose, aspirations. From phroneo; inclination or purpose.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

flesh
σαρκὸς (sarkos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

[is] death,
θάνατος (thanatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mind
φρόνημα (phronēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5427: Thought, purpose, aspirations. From phroneo; inclination or purpose.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Spirit
πνεύματος (pneumatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

[is] life
ζωὴ (zōē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

peace,
εἰρήνη (eirēnē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.


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