Romanos 8:13

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

porque, se viverdes segundo a carne, morrereis; mas, se pelo esprito mortificardes as obras do corpo, vivereis.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Porque, se viverdes segundo a carne, morrereis; mas, se pelo Esprito mortificardes as obras do corpo, vivereis.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Porque, se viverdes segundo a carne, caminhais para a morte; mas, se, pelo Esprito, mortificardes os feitos do corpo, certamente, vivereis.

Bible Verse Review
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ye live: Romans 8:1, Romans 8:4-6, Romans 6:21, Romans 6:23, Romans 7:5, Galatians 5:19-21, Galatians 6:8, Ephesians 5:3-5, Colossians 3:5, Colossians 3:6, James 1:14, James 1:15

but if: Romans 8:2, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Galatians 5:24, Ephesians 4:22, Colossians 3:5-8, Titus 2:12, 1 Peter 2:11

through: Romans 8:1, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Peter 1:22

Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:23 - fat Job 20:13 - spare it Isaiah 8:10 - for God Ezekiel 18:21 - he shall surely Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast Micah 7:19 - subdue Matthew 5:29 - pluck Mark 9:43 - if Luke 9:23 - If John 3:6 - born of the flesh John 11:26 - whosoever John 14:17 - but Romans 6:6 - that the Romans 6:12 - in the lusts Romans 7:24 - the body of this Romans 8:5 - For they Romans 8:6 - to be carnally minded Romans 13:14 - and 2 Corinthians 10:3 - we do Galatians 4:29 - after the Spirit Galatians 5:17 - the flesh Galatians 5:21 - that they 2 Timothy 1:14 - by the 1 Peter 4:3 - the time 2 Peter 2:10 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die,.... Such persons are dead, whilst they live, and shall die a second or an eternal death, if grace prevent not. It may be asked, whether one that has received the grace of God in truth, can live after the flesh; flesh, or corrupt nature, though still in such a person, has not the dominion over him: to live in sin, or in a continued course of sinning, is contrary to the grace of God; but flesh may prevail and greatly influence the life and conversation, for a while; how long this may be the case of a true believer, under backslidings, through the power of corruptions and temptations, cannot be known; but certain it is, that it shall not be always thus with him. It may be further inquired, whether such an one may be so left to live after the flesh, as to die and perish eternally; Christ expressly says, such shall not die that live and believe in him; grace, which is implanted in their souls, is an incorruptible and never dying seed; grace and glory are inseparably connected together; but then such persons may die with respect to their frames, their comforts and the lively exercise of grace, which seems to be here intended; as appears from the next clause,

but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. This is not to be understood of the mortification of the body itself; nor does it design any maceration or afflicting of it by any severities of life; nor of the destruction of the body of sin by Christ: or of the being and principles of sin in the saints by the Spirit of Christ; which is contrary to Scripture, to the experience of the saints, who find it in them, alive in them, and to their expectations, whilst in this world: nor is this mortification to be considered as a part of regeneration, which by some divines is made to consist in a sense of sin, grief for it, and hatred of it, in avoiding it, and in an expulsion of vicious habits and inclinations; but it should be observed, that the apostle is writing to persons that were already regenerate; nor does he ever exhort persons to regenerate themselves, which he would do here, if this was the sense; regeneration is a work of the Spirit of God, in which men are passive, whereas in the mortification here spoken of the saints are active, under the influence of the Spirit of God; besides, regeneration is done at once, and does not admit of degrees; and in and by that, sin, as to its being and principle, is so far from being destroyed, that it seems rather to revive in the sense and apprehension of regenerated persons: but it is a mortification of the outward actings of sin in the conversation, called, "the deeds of the body": and in the Claromontane exemplar, and in the Vulgate Latin version, "the deeds of the flesh": or as the Syriac version renders it, הופכי, "the conversations", or manners of it, and so the Ethiopic version; that is, its outward course of life: and it signifies a subduing and weakening the vigour and power of sin in the lives and conversations of the saints, to which the grace and assistance of the Spirit are absolutely necessary; and such who are enabled to do so, "shall live" comfortably; they shall have communion with Christ here, and shall live a life of glory with him hereafter. Such a way of speaking as this is used by the Jews; say they a,

"what shall a man do that he may live? it is replied, עצמו

ימית, "he shall mortify himself";''

which the gloss explains by "he shall humble himself"; walk humbly before God and men, in his life and conversation.

a T. Bab. Tamid, fol. 32. 1. Vid. T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 63. 2. Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Exod. fol. 65. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if you live ... - If you live to indulge your carnal propensities, you will sink to eternal death; Romans 7:23.

Through the Spirit - By the aid of the Spirit; by cherishing and cultivating his influences. What is here required can be accomplished only by the aid of the Holy Spirit.

Do mortify - Do put to death; do destroy. Sin is mortified when its power is destroyed, and it ceases to be active.

The deeds of the body - The corrupt inclinations and passions; called deeds of the body, because they are supposed to have their origin in the fleshly appetites.

Ye shall live - You shall be happy and saved. Either your sins must die, or you must. If they are suffered to live, you will die. If they are put to death, you will be saved. No man can be saved in his sins. This closes the argument of the apostle for the superiority of the gospel to the Law in promoting the purity of man. By this train of reasoning, he has shown that the gospel has accomplished what the Law could not do - the sanctification of the soul, the destruction of the corrupt passions of our nature, and the recovery of man to God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 8:13. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die — Though μελλετε αποθνησκειν may mean, ye shall afterwards die, and this seems to indicate a temporal death, yet not exclusively of an eternal death; for both, and especially the latter, are necessarily implied.

But if ye through the Spirit — If ye seek that grace and spiritual help which the Gospel of Christ furnishes, resist, and, by resisting, mortify the deeds of the flesh, against which the law gave you no assistance, ye shall live a life of faith, love, and holy obedience here, and a life of glory hereafter.