Romans 8:12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
KJV
Ἄρα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ὀφειλέται ἐσμέν, οὐ τῇ σαρκὶ τοῦ κατὰ σάρκα ζῆν·
Greek NT
Ergo fratres, debitores sumus non carni, ut secundum carnem vivamus.
Vulgate
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
ASV
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἄρα
ara
particle · 36×
ὀφειλέτης
opheiletes
noun · 7×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210214.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
§25Jesus' conversation with the rich young man continues, in a sense, in every period of history, including our own. The question: "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?" arises in the heart of every individual, and it is Christ alone who is capable of giving the full and definitive answer. The Teacher who expounds God's commandments, who invites others to follow him …
Q. What is the dying of the old self? A. It is to be genuinely sorry for sin, to hate it more and more, and to run away from it.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:19 — What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
- 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
- 2Pet 2:10 — But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
- Gal 5:16 — This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
- Ps 116:16 — O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
- Rom 1:14 — I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
- Rom 6:2 — God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Rom 8:5 — For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
- Rom 13:14 — But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.