Romans 8:10 “But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your sp…”

Romans 8:10

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And if Christ bee in you, the body is dead, because of sinne: but the Spirite is life for righteousnesse sake.

Darby Translation

but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation

and if Christ [is] in you, the body, indeed, [is] dead because of sin, and the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“if Christ”

Ephesians 3:17 John 17:23 Colossians 1:27 John 14:23 John 15:5 2 Corinthians 13:5

Ephesians 3:17 · BSB

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

John 17:23 · BSB

I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

Colossians 1:27 · BSB

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

John 14:23 · BSB

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

John 15:5 · BSB

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

2 Corinthians 13:5 · BSB

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?

“the body”

Romans 8:11 2 Corinthians 5:1–4 2 Corinthians 4:11 Hebrews 9:27 Revelation 14:13 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Romans 8:11 · BSB

And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

2 Corinthians 5:1–4 · BSB

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

2 Corinthians 4:11 · BSB

For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

Hebrews 9:27 · BSB

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Revelation 14:13 · BSB

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16 · BSB

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

“but”

Philippians 1:23 1 Corinthians 15:45 2 Corinthians 5:6–8 Hebrews 12:23 John 4:14 Revelation 7:14–17

Philippians 1:23 · BSB

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

1 Corinthians 15:45 · BSB

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:6–8 · BSB

Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

Hebrews 12:23 · BSB

in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

John 4:14 · BSB

But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

Revelation 7:14–17 · BSB

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

“life”

2 Corinthians 5:21 Philippians 3:9 Romans 5:21

2 Corinthians 5:21 · BSB

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Philippians 3:9 · BSB

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

Romans 5:21 · BSB

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Also

Galatians 2:20

Galatians 2:20 · BSB

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

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