Romans 8:12 · KJV
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.”
— Romans 8:12
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. {by: or, because of}
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.
Romans 8 — Context
And if Christ {be} in you, the body {is} dead because of sin; but the Spirit {is} life because of righteousness.
11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. {by: or, because of}
12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13For 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.
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Cross References
Romans 6:2-15
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost {which is} in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Peter 4:2-3
That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Psalms 116:16
O LORD, truly I {am} thy servant; I {am} thy servant, {and} the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.