Romans 8:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Matthew 6:12

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

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Romans 8:13

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.