Romans 8:3
8:3 For God achieved what the law could not do because 1 it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:5
8:5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by 2 the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:9
8:9 You, however, are not in 3 the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
Romans 8:13
8:13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will 4 die), 5 but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
1 tn Grk “in that.”
2 tn Grk “think on” or “are intent on” (twice in this verse). What is in view here is not primarily preoccupation, however, but worldview. Translations like “set their mind on” could be misunderstood by the typical English reader to refer exclusively to preoccupation.
3 tn Or “are not controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit.”
4 tn Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”
5 sn This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.