Romans 8:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:4 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:4 — KJV
“That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
— Romans 8:4 (KJV)
Romans 8:4 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 8:4
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:4: walk, after, flesh
“Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. images: or, teraphim”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:4: law, might, spirit
“And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:4: law, might, after
“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, made...: Heb. caused a voice to pass”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:4: might, fulfilled, spirit
“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:4: righteousness, might, spirit
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