Romans 8:13
Romans · New Testament · Chapter 8
“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”Romans 8:13
What Does Romans 8:13 Mean?
Romans 8:13 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 8, verse 13 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Eternal Life.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Romans 8:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Luke 9:23“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”Colossians 3:5“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”Romans 8:6“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”1 Corinthians 9:27“But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”Galatians 6:8“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”Galatians 5:24“And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”Galatians 5:17“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”1 Peter 2:11“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”Matthew 5:29“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”Titus 2:12“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”Isaiah 8:10“Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.”2 Corinthians 10:3“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:”Galatians 5:21“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”Galatians 5:19“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”Ephesians 4:22“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”John 14:17“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”Romans 6:6“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.”Romans 8:4“That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”1 Peter 1:22“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:”John 11:26“And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
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