For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. — Life (ζῆν, zēn) and death (θανάτῳ, thanatō) again stand in opposition. Living σὰρξ (sarks, "according to the flesh") issues in θάνατος (thanatos, "death"); mortifying τὰ πρᾶξις τοῦ σώματος (ta praxis tou sōmatos, "deeds of the body") by the Spirit issues in ζῆν (zēn, "life"). The νεκρόω (nekrōō, "put to death") is the Spirit's work through the believer's obedience—a cooperation of divine grace and human will.

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