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Forγὰρthose whoοἱareὄντεςaccording toκατὰthe fleshσάρκαset their minds onφρονοῦσινthe thingsτὰof the flesh,τῆς σαρκὸςbutδὲthose who areοἱaccording toκατὰthe Spirit,πνεῦμαthe thingsτὰof the Spirit.τοῦ πνεύματος
Romans 8:5
Study it in the app“For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.”
The mind of the flesh is death; the mind of the Spirit is life and peacePurity
With the Greek beneath
Romans 8:5, word by word
- areὄντεςontes
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontes” appears- the fleshσάρκαsarka
sinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarka” appears- set their minds onφρονοῦσινphronousin
set one's mind
To fix one's attention on something.
Where else “phronousin” appears- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears
The context
4so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 · This verse (above)
6For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace;
To study Romans 8 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say in vv. 38-39 will not be able to separate us from the love of God?
2. What it means
Paul begins by saying there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus (v. 1). What does that mean to you?
3. How I live it
The Spirit helps us in weakness when we do not know what to ask (v. 26). How do you pray when you cannot find words?