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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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5. For 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. 6. For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace. 7. Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:5-8 — KJV
They that are. This may express a different aspect from “walk” (v. 4). To be “according to the flesh” means to have the flesh for the ruling principle of our being. “To walk according to the flesh” is to follow this principle in the actual life. “Walk” expresses the manifestation of the condition expressed by “are.” See on v. 4.
Do mind. Greek phroned, “to think of,” “to care for,” “to set the mind and heart on,” “to strive after.” The word denotes the whole action of the affections and of the will as well as of the reason. Compare the use of phroned in Matt. 16:23; Rom. 12:16; Phil. 3:19; Col. 3:2. The whole mental and moral activity of those who are “after the flesh” is set upon the selfish gratification of unspiritual desires.
The things of the flesh. We are under the predominating influence of one or the other of the two principles contrasted in this verse. According as one or the other has the mastery, so will be the complexion of our lives and the character of our actions. Paul describes the absolute contrast between the things of the flesh and the things of the Spirit in Gal. 5:16-24.
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