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Romans 8:13 — King James Version← Study notes

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.


Romans 8:13Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 8:1316 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
σάρκαsarka
fleshnounG4561
ζῆτεzēte
you liveverbG2198
μέλλετεmellete
you are aboutverbG3195
ἀποθνῄσκεινapothnēskein
to dieverbG599
εἰei
ifwordG1487
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
πνεύματιpneumati
by the SpiritnounG4151
τὰςtas
thearticleG3588
πράξειςpraxeis
deedsnounG4234
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
σώματοςsōmatos
bodynounG4983
θανατοῦτεthanatoute
you put to deathverbG2289
ζήσεσθεzēsesthe
you will liveverbG2198
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 8:13

After showing how great the reward of a spiritual life is, and that it makes Christ to dwell in us, and that it quickens our mortal bodies, and wings them to heaven, and renders the way of virtue easier, he next fitly introduces an exhortation to this purpose. “Therefore” we ought “not to live after the flesh.” But this is not what he says, for he words it in a much more striking and powerful way, thus, “we are debtors to the Spirit.” For saying, “we are debtors not to the…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 14 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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