Romans 8:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄρα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ὀφειλέται ἐσμέν, οὐ τῇ σαρκί, τοῦ κατὰ σάρκα ζῆν.

Transliteration

Ara oun, adelphoi, opheiletai esmen, not to the sarki, tou kata sarka zēn.

Grammar Details

• *Ara*: inferential particle - then/therefore
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/accordingly
• *adelphoi*: vocative masculine plural - brothers
• *opheiletai*: nominative masculine plural - debtors
• *esmen*: present active indicative 1st person plural - we are
• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *tē sarki*: dative feminine singular - to the flesh
• *tou*: genitive article with infinitive - to/of the
• *kata*: preposition with accusative - according to
• *sarka*: accusative feminine singular - flesh
• *zēn*: present active infinitive - to live

Word Meanings

• *Ara oun*: so then/therefore/consequently
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers
• *opheiletai*: debtors/ones who are obligated
• *tou zēn*: articular infinitive - to live/of living

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Therefore, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Therfore brethren we are nowe detters not to the flesshe to live after the flesshe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore brethre we are now detters, not to the flesh,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore brethren, wee are detters not to the flesh, to liue after the flesh:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore brethren, we are detters, not to the fleshe, to lyue after the fleshe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  So, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

• World English Bible (2000)

  So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

Referenced Verses

• Rom 6:2-9 : 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in the resurrection. 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For the one who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 9 We know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. 10 For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God. 11 So you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. 13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
• 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God. 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant; you have freed me from my chains.