Romans 8:13
New International Version
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

New Living Translation
For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.

English Standard Version
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Berean Standard Bible
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Berean Literal Bible
For if you live according to flesh, you are about to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

New American Standard Bible
for if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

NASB 1995
for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

NASB 1977
for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Legacy Standard Bible
for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die, but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the practices of the body, you will live.

Amplified Bible
for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.

Christian Standard Bible
because if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

American Standard Version
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For if you are living in the flesh, you are going to die, and if you are putting to death the practices of the body, you are living.

Contemporary English Version
If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God's Spirit you say "No" to your desires.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.

English Revised Version
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you live by your corrupt nature, you are going to die. But if you use your spiritual nature to put to death the evil activities of the body, you will live.

Good News Translation
For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live.

International Standard Version
For if you live according to human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities of the body, you will live.

Literal Standard Version
for if according to the flesh you live, you are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body you put to death, you will live;

Majority Standard Bible
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

New American Bible
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

NET Bible
(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

New Revised Standard Version
for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Weymouth New Testament
For if you so live, death is near; but if, through being under the sway of the spirit, you are putting your old bodily habits to death, you will live.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Heirs with Christ
12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.…

Cross References
Romans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:6
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

Romans 8:12
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.


Treasury of Scripture

For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.

ye live.

Romans 8:1,4-6
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit…

Romans 6:21,23
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death…

Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

but if.

Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Galatians 5:24
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

through.

Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:30
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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Romans 8
1. Those who are in Christ are free from condemnation.
5. What harm comes of the flesh;
13. and what good of the Spirit.
19. The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,
29. was beforehand decreed from God.
38. Nothing can sever us from his love.














(13) If ye through the Spirit . . .--If under the influence of the Spirit you reduce to a condition of deadness and atrophy all those practices to which the impulses of your material nature would prompt you.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

you live
ζῆτε (zēte)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

according to
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] flesh,
σάρκα (sarka)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

you will
μέλλετε (mellete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.

die;
ἀποθνήσκειν (apothnēskein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

by [the] Spirit
πνεύματι (pneumati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

you put to death
θανατοῦτε (thanatoute)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2289: To put to death, subdue; pass: To be in danger of death, be dead to, be rid of, be parted from. From thanatos to kill.

the
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

deeds
πράξεις (praxeis)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 4234: From prasso; practice, i.e. an act; by extension, a function.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

body,
σώματος (sōmatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

you will live.
ζήσεσθε (zēsesthe)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.


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