Romans 8:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit].

American Standard Version (1901)

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Common English Bible

He did this so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us. Now the way we live is based on the Spirit, not based on selfishness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us. For we are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

Romans 8:4 Cross References

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Romans 2:26

So, if the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

2 Corinthians 10:2

I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to human standards.

2 Corinthians 10:3

Indeed, we live as humans but do not wage war according to human standards,

Galatians 5:16

Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Colossians 1:22

he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,

Hebrews 12:23

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing,

Revelation 14:5

and in their mouth no lie was found; they are blameless.