Romans 8:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Gal 5:19-25 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these] : fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, 21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
  • John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • Phil 3:18-19 : 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
  • Col 3:1-3 : 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Mark 8:33 : 33 But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
  • Rom 8:12-14 : 12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: 13 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. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
  • Rom 8:6-7 : 6 For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: 7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
  • 1 Cor 15:48 : 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
  • 2 Cor 10:3 : 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 8:6-14
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    6For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

    7because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

    8and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

    9But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

    10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

    12So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

    13for 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.

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

  • Rom 8:1-4
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    1There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

    3For 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:

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

  • Gal 5:16-19
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    16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

    18But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these] : fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  • Gal 6:8
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    8For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • Rom 7:5-6
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

    6But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

  • Gal 5:24-25
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    24And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

    25If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

  • 2 Cor 10:3
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    3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof] .

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

    2that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  • John 6:63
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    63It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.

  • Col 2:23
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    23Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 5:16
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    16Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.

  • Eph 5:9
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    9(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

  • Rom 7:18
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    18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good [is] not.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-15
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    13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .

    14Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

    15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

  • Gal 5:22
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

  • Rom 8:23
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    23And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.

  • Gal 6:13
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    13For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

  • Eph 4:23
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    23and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

  • Rom 7:23
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    23but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

  • Gal 3:3
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    3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?

  • Rom 14:17
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    17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.