Romans 8:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

People who live following their sinful selves think only about what they want. But those who live following the Spirit are thinking about what the Spirit wants them to do.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:14

People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish. They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.

John 3:6

The only life people get from their human parents is physical. But the new life that the Spirit gives a person is spiritual.

Romans 8:9

But you are not ruled by your sinful selves. You are ruled by the Spirit, if that Spirit of God really lives in you. But whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Christ.

Mark 8:33

But Jesus turned and looked at his followers. Then he criticized Peter. He said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You don’t care about the same things God does. You care only about things that people think are important.”

2 Corinthians 10:3

We live in this world, but we don’t fight our battles in the same way the world does.

2 Peter 2:10

That punishment is for those who are always doing the evil that their sinful selves want to do. It is for those who hate the Lord’s authority. These false teachers do whatever they want, and they are so proud of themselves. They are not afraid even to say bad things against the glorious ones.

Ephesians 5:9

This light produces every kind of goodness, right living, and truth.

1 Corinthians 15:48

All people belong to the earth. They are like that first man of earth. But those who belong to heaven are like that man of heaven.

Galatians 5:17

The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other, so that you don’t do what you really want to do.