Romans 8:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:6 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. to be carnally...: Gr. the minding o..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:6 — KJV
“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. to be carnally...: Gr. the minding of the flesh to be spiritually...: Gr. the minding of the Spirit”
— Romans 8:6 (KJV)
Romans 8:6 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 8:6
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:6: life, flesh, spirit
“For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:6: death, life, flesh
“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:6: life, flesh, spirit
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:6: death, flesh, spirit
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:6: death, life, spirit
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