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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.
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A Life-or-Death Choice
Commentators unanimously emphasize the stark choice Paul presents. To "live after the flesh"—prioritizing sinful, worldly desires—is a path that leads to what scholars identify as eternal death. Conversely, to actively "put to death the deeds of the body" is the path to true, eternal life. The stakes are ultimate, and there is no middle ground.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For if you live, etc. If you live to indulge your carnal propensities, you will sink to eternal death (Romans 7:23).
Ye must die (μελλετε αποθνησκειν). Present indicative of μελλω, to be about to do and present active infinitive of αποθνησκω, to d…
19th Century
Anglican
If you through the Spirit . . .—If under the influence of the Spirit you reduce to a condition …
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Baptist
The deeds of the body, you shall live.
Shall a dying body, then, be my master? Shall the appetite for eating and drinking, or anythi…
The apostle turns now from instruction to exhortation, from what God has done through Christ and the Spirit to what the believer is expected to do …
16th Century
Protestant
For if you will live after the flesh, etc. He adds a threatening to more effectively shake off their lethargy. By this, those who…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For if you live after the flesh, you shall die Such persons are dead, whilst they live, and shall die a second or an…
If the Spirit is in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has be…
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding section, the Apostle had presupposed that the prudence of the flesh is death, and here he intends to prove this.
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