hen, I myself with my mind am
servant to the law of God; but in my flesh to the law of sin.
CHAP. VIII.
THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (2)For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath liberated me from the
law of sin and of death. (3)For that which was impossible by the law,
inasmuch as it was impotent through the flesh, God having sent his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in that
flesh: (4)that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled by us,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (5)For they who are
after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they who are after
the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (6)For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (7)Because the
propensity of the flesh is inimical against God: for it is not in
subjection to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. (8)They then
who are in the flesh, cannot please God. (9)But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.
But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. (10)But if
Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead on account of sin; but the
Spirit is alive through righteousness. (11)But if the Spirit of him who
hath raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he who raised Christ
from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his indwelling
Spirit in you. (12)Truly then we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh. (13)For if ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to
die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall
live. (14)For as many as are guided by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God. (15)For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again
unto fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, by which we cry,
Abba, Father. (16)The same spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that
we are the children of God. (17)But if children, then heirs; heirs
indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with
him, that we may also together with him be glorified. (18)For I reckon
that the sufferings of the present moment are not worthy to be placed
against the future glory that shall be revealed to us. (19)For the
eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the
children of God. (20)For the creation was made subject
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