Romans 8:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So then, brothers and sisters, we are obligated, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.

American Standard Version (1901)

So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

Common English Bible

So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but it isn’t an obligation to ourselves to live our lives on the basis of selfishness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, so as to live according to the flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

Romans 8:12 Cross References

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Romans 8:11

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

Romans 8:13

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.