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Romans 8:6Rom.8.6

For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et l'affection de la chair, c'est la mort, tandis que l'affection de l'esprit, c'est la vie et la paix;

KJV

For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.

Patristic reading

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  • Methodius

    De Resurrectione

    ἀρέσαι θεῷ, οὐ τὴν σάρκα, ἀλλὰ τὴν κατὰ σάρκα πολιτείαν ἀναιρεῖσθαι ἀγωνίζεται. ὑπο- 2 Röm. 7, 5 — 5 Rom. 8, 4–7. 9—16 Röm. 7, 5 — 24 I Kor. 2, 14f 2 τ. ῥ. ταύτης S 3 τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν < S 4 ἡμῶν] μου S | αὐτὸν < S | νομίζει V καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι S 5 παραφέρῃ < S | εἰρημένα las schwer].…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    For the Catholic faith

    from this ordination of the priest? Paul to the Romans: "But the Spirit is eternal life and peace" (Romans 8:6). This is the Father, this is the Son, this is the Holy Spirit; but one life, not three. Where it says: "The Spirit is life because of righteousness" (Romans 8:10). This…
  • Primasius of Hadrumetum

    Commentary on the Apocalypse Book Three

    om of the flesh, which is hostile to God. Through it, human souls are destroyed. The Apostle says in Romans 8:6, "To be carnally minded is death," because flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God. The sea, trees, ships, and fish represent the world and its inhabitants.…

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