11 translations · Greek
Romans 8:6
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
Romans 8:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
- KJV King James Version
- For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit—life and peace;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The sinful human mind results in death, but having the mind led by the Spirit results in life and peace.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit — life and peace;
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the mind of the flesh [is] death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the wisdom of the flesh is death; but the wisdom of the spirit is life and peace.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὸ | to | The | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γὰρ | gar | — | G1063 γάρ for |
| φρόνημα | phronēma | mind | G5427 φρόνημα purpose |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σαρκὸς | sarkos | flesh | G4561 σάρξ flesh |
| θάνατος | thanatos | [is] death | G2288 θάνατος death |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| φρόνημα | phronēma | mind | G5427 φρόνημα purpose |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πνεύματος | pneumatos | Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| ζωὴ | zōē | [is] life | G2222 ζωή life |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| εἰρήνη | eirēnē | peace | G1515 εἰρήνη peace |
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.
- Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
- 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 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- James 1:14–15
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
- John 14:27
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Romans 6:21
What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
- John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 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.
6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
8 Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
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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