5For 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.
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But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, …
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. …
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)I. The apostle here beings with one signal privilege of true Christians, and describes the character of those to whom it belongs: There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus , Rom. 8:1. This is his triumph after that melancholy complaint and conflict in the foregoing chapter—sin remaining, disturbing, vexing, but, blessed be God, not ruining. The complaint he takes to…
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