Romans 8:5

King James Version (KJV)

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Translations

Romans 8:5 - Amplified Bible

For those who are according to the flesh {and} are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on {and} seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - American Standard Version

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - Bible in Basic English

For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - Darby Bible

For they that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; and they that are according to Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - English Standard Version

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - King James Version

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - La Biblia de las Americas

Porque los que viven conforme a la carne, ponen la mente en las cosas de la carne, pero los que viven conforme al Espìritu, en las cosas del Espìritu.

Romans 8:5 - The Message

Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.

Romans 8:5 - New American Standard Bible

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Porque los que viven conforme a la carne, ponen la mente en las cosas de la carne, pero los que viven conforme al Espìritu, en las cosas del Espìritu.

Romans 8:5 - World English Bible

For those who are after the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 - Young's Living Translation

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

Romans 8:5 - Additional Comments

"Living according to the flesh" is appeasing selfish desires that only serve to satisfy pleasures. What do you set your mind on? See Josh 1:8, Phil 4:8. What are the results of wrong thinking, and of right thinking? See vss 6-8.

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