Romans 8:6

Romans 8:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

Context of Romans 8:6

4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:6 word by word

τὸ γὰρ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς θάνατος, τὸ δὲ φρόνημα τοῦ πνεύματος ζωὴ καὶ εἰρήνη.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• to beφρόνημαphronēma · purposeG5427
• carnallyσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• butδέde · thenG1161
• spirituallyπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515

Cross-references for Romans 8:6

• Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Romans 6:21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
• Romans 7:5For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.
• Romans 13:14Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
• Galatians 6:8Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
• James 1:14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
• Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
• John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
• John 17:5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
• Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Commentaries on Romans 8:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For to be carnally minded is death - To live under the influence of the carnal mind is to live in the state of condemnation, and consequently liable to death eternal: whereas, on the contrary, he who is spiritually minded has the life and peace of God in his soul, and is in full prospect of life eternal.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For to be carnally minded - Margin, “The minding of the flesh.” The sense is, that to follow the inclinations of the flesh, or the corrupt propensities of our nature, leads us to condemnation and death. The expression is one of great energy, and shows that it not only leads to death, or leads to misery, but that it is death itself; there is woe and condemnation in the very act and purpose of being supremely devoted to the corrupt passions, Its only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Peace here does not just mean peace of mind. Instead, it means being at peace with God, as opposed to death (see study note on 5:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. For--a mere particle of transition here [Tholuck], like "but" or "now." to be carnally minded--literally, "the mind" or "minding of the flesh" (Margin); that is, the pursuit of fleshly ends. is death--not only "ends in" [Alford, &c.], but even now "is"; carrying death into its bosom, so that such are "dead while they live" (1Ti 5:6; Ep 2:1, 5) [Philippi]. but to be spiritually minded--"the mind" or "minding of the spirit"; that is, the pursuit of…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 8:6

• Carnal Mindedness
• Death
• Depravity of Man
• Godlessness
• Holy Spirit
• Peace
• Regeneration
• Religion
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Spirituality
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Allow
• Bondage
• Carnal
• Carnally
• Death
• Enmity
• Fear
• Flesh
• Foreknow
• Glorify

Commentaries on Romans 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings