Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 8:5-6

"For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:" — Romans 8:5-6 (ASV)

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Oh! What a death it is to us if ever the flesh gets the mastery; and if it had the mastery in us, we should know that we were in death still. But oh! What a joy, what life, what peace it is to have the Spirit ruling in us, so that we are spiritually minded. God give us this to the full!