Romans 8:12
Good News Translation
So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to.

New Revised Standard Version
So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

Contemporary English Version
My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires.

New American Bible
Consequently, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.

we are.

Romans 6:2-15 God forbid! For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein? . . .

Psalm 116:16 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

1 Corinthians 6:19,20 Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own? . . .

1 Peter 4:2,3 That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men but according to the will of God. . . .

Context
Heirs with Christ
11And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you; he that raised up Jesus Christ, from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. 13For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you; he that raised up Jesus Christ, from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.

Romans 8:11
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