Romans 8:13 “For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Sp…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For if ye liue after the flesh, ye shall die: but if yee mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit, ye shall liue.

Darby Translation

for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live:

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.

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Cross references

“ye live”

Galatians 6:8 Romans 8:4–6 Romans 7:5 Galatians 5:19–21 Romans 6:21 Ephesians 5:3–5

Galatians 6:8 · BSB

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.

Romans 8:4–6 · BSB

so 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.

Romans 7:5 · BSB

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

Galatians 5:19–21 · BSB

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Romans 6:21 · BSB

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Ephesians 5:3–5 · BSB

But 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.

“but if”

1 Peter 2:11 Colossians 3:5–8 1 Corinthians 9:27 Titus 2:12 Galatians 5:24 Ephesians 4:22

1 Peter 2:11 · BSB

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

Colossians 3:5–8 · BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Corinthians 9:27 · BSB

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Titus 2:12 · BSB

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Galatians 5:24 · BSB

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Ephesians 4:22 · BSB

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

“through”

1 Peter 1:22 Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 4:30

1 Peter 1:22 · BSB

Since 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.

Ephesians 5:18 · BSB

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:30 · BSB

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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

In context

12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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