Romans 8:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴ that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Common English Bible

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.

Romans 8:4 Cross References

Galatians 5:16

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Colossians 1:22

in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:

Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Hebrews 12:23

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Revelation 14:5

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Romans 2:26

Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Romans 3:31

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

2 Corinthians 10:2

but I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:3

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: