Romans 8:1-9

1So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.

2The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.

3It is impossible to do what God’s standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.

4Therefore, we, who do not live by our corrupt nature but by our spiritual nature, are able to meet God’s standards in Moses’ Teachings.

5Those who live by the corrupt nature have the corrupt nature’s attitude. But those who live by the spiritual nature have the spiritual nature’s attitude.

6The corrupt nature’s attitude leads to death. But the spiritual nature’s attitude leads to life and peace.

7This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.

8Those who are under the control of the corrupt nature can’t please God.

9But if God’s Spirit lives in you, you are under the control of your spiritual nature, not your corrupt nature. Whoever doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ doesn’t belong to him.