Romans 8:6

Amplified Bible

Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever];

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
If your thinking is controlled by your sinful self, there is spiritual death. But if your thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace.

Revised Standard Version
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
To be carnally mynded is deeth. But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace.

Hebrew Names Version
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and shalom;

International Standard Version
To set our minds on the flesh leads to death, but to set our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.Romans 6:13,21; Galatians 6:8;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

New Century Version
If people's thinking is controlled by the sinful self, there is death. But if their thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace.

Update Bible Version
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

Webster's Bible Translation
For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace:

English Standard Version
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

World English Bible
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

Weymouth's New Testament
Because for the mind to be given up to earthly things means death; but for it to be given up to spiritual things means Life and peace.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but the prudence of spirit is lijf and pees.

English Revised Version
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the spirit is life and peace:

Berean Standard Bible
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

Contemporary English Version
If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace.

American Standard Version
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

Bible in Basic English
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

Complete Jewish Bible
Having one's mind controlled by the old nature is death, but having one's mind controlled by the Spirit is life and shalom.

Darby Translation
For the mind of the flesh [is] death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.

Etheridge Translation
For the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of the Spirit life and peace.

Murdock Translation
For minding the things of the flesh, is death; but minding the things of the Spirit, is life and peace.

King James Version (1611)
For to be carnally minded, is death: but to be spiritually minded, is life and peace:

New Living Translation
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

New Life Bible
If your sinful old self is the boss over your mind, it leads to death. But if the Holy Spirit is the boss over your mind, it leads to life and peace.

New Revised Standard
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the wisedome of the flesh is death: but the wisedome of the Spirit is life and peace,

George Lamsa Translation
To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, what is preferred by the flesh, is death, whereas, what is preferred by the spirit, is life and peace; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the wisdom of the flesh is death: but the wisdom of the spirit is life and peace.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
To be carnally mynded, is death: But to be spiritually mynded, is lyfe & peace:

Good News Translation
To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace.

Christian Standard Bible®
Now the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.

King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Lexham English Bible
For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace,

Literal Translation
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Young's Literal Translation
for the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
To be fleshly mynded, is death: but to be goostly mynded, is life and peace.

Mace New Testament (1729)
now sensual inclinations lead to death; but spiritual affections to a life of tranquillity.

New English Translation
For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

New King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Letting sin fill your head like an overflowing water trough will be the end of you. But if you fill your mind with the Holy Ghost, you will find life and inner peace.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Legacy Standard Bible
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Contextual Overview

¹Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. ²For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death. ³For what the Law could not do [that is, overcome sin and remove its penalty, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man's nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son], ⁴so that the [righteous and just] requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not live our lives in the ways of the flesh [guided by worldliness and our sinful nature], but [live our lives] in the ways of the Spirit [guided by His power]. ⁵For those who are living according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh [which gratify the body], but those who are living according to the Spirit, [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit [His will and purpose]. ⁶Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever];⁷the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God's law, since it cannot, ⁸and those who are in the flesh [living a life that caters to sinful appetites and impulses] cannot please God. ⁹However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to be carnally minded: Gr. the minding of the flesh, So, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:13, Romans 6:21, Romans 6:23, Romans 7:5, Romans 7:11, Romans 13:14, Galatians 6:8, James 1:14, James 1:15

to be spiritually minded: Gr. the minding of the Spirit, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:10, Romans 14:17, John 14:6, John 14:27, John 17:5, Galatians 5:22

Reciprocal: Psalms 84:10 - For Psalms 111:2 - that have Psalms 112:1 - delighteth Amos 8:5 - and the Matthew 22:5 - one Romans 2:10 - and peace Romans 8:5 - mind 1 Corinthians 2:12 - not 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they Galatians 5:17 - the flesh Galatians 6:1 - spiritual Ephesians 4:23 - spirit Philippians 4:7 - the peace Colossians 2:18 - fleshly Colossians 3:1 - seek 1 Peter 3:11 - seek

Cross-References

Genesis 6:16
"You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.

Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For to be carnally minded is death,.... The phrase the apostle here uses, includes the best part of corrupt man; the mind, the understanding, the judgment, the will, the affections, the thoughts, the reason, and reasonings of man; and may be rendered, "the wisdom", or "prudence of the flesh"; so called, to distinguish it from that wisdom which is from above; from that natural and civil wisdom, which is laudable; and it shows that the wisest part of man is but carnal: all sorts of persons destitute of the grace of God are concerned herein; or this is applicable to them all, as the sensualist, the worldling, the proud Pharisee, and the wise disputer of this world. This wisdom of the flesh, or carnal mindedness, "is death"; not that it is conversant about death; or that such persons are thoughtful of it, endeavour to make it familiar to them; or are desirous of it, and esteem it as a privilege; this only spiritually minded men do: but the sense is, that this issues in death; death is not the object, but the end of carnal mindedness; carnal mindedness, so far as it prevails in the saints, brings a death upon them. It is true, indeed, they cannot die a spiritual, or an eternal death; yet sometimes they are very dead and lifeless in their frames, in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty; which is frequently owing to their carnality: and the effect of this must needs be death in carnal men; since it alienates from God; it renders them transgressors of the law, and obnoxious to its curse; it sets the soul against, and diverts it from Christ the way of life; and if grace prevent not, must be the cause of, and issue in eternal death; because it is sin and sinful, it is enmity to God, it disqualifies for life, and makes persons fit companions for the heirs of wrath:

but to be spiritually minded, is life and peace; spiritually minded men are the only living persons in a spiritual sense, for all that are in and after the flesh are dead; and so far as carnal mindedness prevails in professors, there is a deadness in them as to all spiritual exercises; and oftentimes as to outward appearance, there is no difference between them and dead men: but spiritually minded men are evidently living persons; they have a spiritual discerning of spiritual things; they breathe after them, savour and relish them; they talk of spiritual things, and walk in a spiritual manner; they are not only alive, but lively in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty; and are the means of enlivening others; and their end will be everlasting life; which is certain from the declared will and promise of God, and from the grace of life and Spirit of life which are in them. "Peace" also is another effect of spiritual mindedness; such enjoy peace of conscience: this is a fruit of the Spirit; a part of the kingdom of grace the are possessed of; and the things their minds are conversant with are productive of it; which is the gift of God, passes all understanding, and is of more worth than all the world: such men are also of peaceable dispositions in commonwealths, in neighbourhoods, in families, and churches; induced thereunto by the noblest arguments; and their end will be peace, which will be perfect and eternal.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For to be carnally minded - Margin, “The minding of the flesh.” The sense is, that to follow the inclinations of the flesh, or the corrupt propensities of our nature, leads us to condemnation and death. The expression is one of great energy, and shows that it not only leads to death, or leads to misery, but that it is death itself; there is woe and condemnation in the very act and purpose of being supremely devoted to the corrupt passions, Its only tendency is condemnation and despair.

Is death - The penalty of transgression; condemnation and eternal ruin; Note, Romans 5:12.

But to be spiritually minded - Margin, “The minding of the Spirit.” That is, making it the object of the mind, the end and aim of the actions, to cultivate the graces of the Spirit, and to submit to his influence. To be spiritually minded is to seek those feelings and views which the Holy Spirit produces, and to follow his leadings.

Is life - This is opposed to death in Romans 8:5. It tends to life, and is in fact real life. For to possess and cultivate the graces of the spirit, to be led where he would guide us, is the design of our existence, and is the only path of happiness.

And peace - Note, Romans 6:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 8:6. For to be carnally minded is death — To live under the influence of the carnal mind is to live in the state of condemnation, and consequently liable to death eternal: whereas, on the contrary, he who is spiritually minded has the life and peace of God in his soul, and is in full prospect of life eternal.