Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:13
13. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die—in the sense of :-. but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body—(See on :-). ye shall live—in the sense of Romans 6:22. The apostle is not satisfied with assuring them that they are under no obligations to the flesh, to hearken to its suggestions, without reminding them where it will end if they do; and he uses the word "mortify" (put to death) as a kind of play upon the word "die" just before. "If ye do not kill sin, it will... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:12
12, 13. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh—"Once we were sold under sin (Romans 7:14); but now that we have been set free from that hard master and become servants to Righteousness (Romans 7:14- :), we owe nothing to the flesh, we disown its unrighteous claims and are deaf to its imperious demands." Glorious sentiment! read more