Romans 8:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:12 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:12 — KJV
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.”
— Romans 8:12 (KJV)
Romans 8:12 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 8:12
“And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. tear: Heb. thresh”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:12: therefore, flesh, live
“Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:12: therefore, brethren, live
“Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:12: therefore, brethren, live
“But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; they did...: Heb. they returned to do evil”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:12: therefore, live, after
“Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. I make...: Chaldee, a decree is made by me any...: Chaldee, error cut...: Chaldee, made pieces”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:12: therefore, live, after
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