“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.”
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. — The ὀφείλω (opheilō, "owe/obligate") is redirected: not to the σάρξ (sarx, "flesh") but away from it. The Spirit's indwelling creates obligation to deny the flesh's demands. Ethics flows from the gift of the Spirit: because you have the Spirit, you owe the flesh nothing.
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