11 translations · Greek
Romans 8:13
For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:13 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- ASV American Standard Version
- for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for if according to the flesh you live, you are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body you put to death, you will live;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For if you live under the control of your sinful nature, you're going to die. But if you follow the way of the Spirit, putting to death the evil things you do, then you will live.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;
- DBY Darby Translation
- for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἰ | ei | if | G1487 εἰ if |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| κατὰ | kata | according to | G2596 κατά according to |
| σάρκα | sarka | [the] flesh | G4561 σάρξ flesh |
| ζῆτε | zēte | you live | G2198 ζάω to live |
| μέλλετε | mellete | you will | G3195 μέλλω to ensue |
| ἀποθνήσκειν | apothnēskein | die | G599 ἀποθνήσκω to die |
| εἰ | ei | if | G1487 εἰ if |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| πνεύματι | pneumati | by [the] Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πράξεις | praxeis | deeds | G4234 πρᾶξις action |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σώματος | sōmatos | body | G4983 σῶμα body |
| θανατοῦτε | thanatoute | you put to death | G2289 θανατόω to kill |
| ζήσεσθε | zēsesthe | you will live | G2198 ζάω to live |
Related verses
- Galatians 6:8
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Colossians 3:5–8
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; …
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
- Titus 2:12
instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;
- Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
- Ephesians 4:22
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- Romans 8:4–6
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
- 1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
- Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
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In context
11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
15 For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Read all of Romans 8 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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