Verse of the Day
Romans 8:6 NIV
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.
Translations of Today's Verse
King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.English Standard Version
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.The Message
Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.New King James Version
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.New Living Translation
If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.Romans 8:6 In-Context
4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
This Week's Daily Bible Verses
Tuesday, April 14
Isaiah 42:8
"I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols."
Read all of Isaiah 42 NIVMonday, April 13
James 3:9-10
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Read all of James 3 NIVSunday, April 12
Proverbs 3:7-8
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
Read all of Proverbs 3 NIVSaturday, April 11
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest -- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Read all of Proverbs 6 NIVFriday, April 10
Philippians 3:13-14
One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Read all of Philippians 3 NIVThursday, April 09
1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIVWednesday, April 08
Psalm 27:13
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Read all of Psalm 27 NIVBrowse Daily Bible Verses
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Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Romans 8:1-9
(Read Romans 8:1-9)
Believers may be chastened of the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. What is the principle of their walk; the flesh or the Spirit, the old or the new nature, corruption or grace? For which of these do we make provision, by which are we governed? The unrenewed will is unable to keep any commandment fully. And the law, besides outward duties, requires inward obedience. God showed abhorrence of sin by the sufferings of his Son in the flesh, that the believer's person might be pardoned and justified. Thus satisfaction was made to Divine justice, and the way of salvation opened for the sinner. By the Spirit the law of love is written upon the heart, and though the righteousness of the law is not fulfilled by us, yet, blessed be God, it is fulfilled in us; there is that in all true believers, which answers the intention of the law. The favour of God, the welfare of the soul, the concerns of eternity, are the things of the Spirit, which those that are after the Spirit do mind. Which way do our thoughts move with most pleasure? Which way go our plans and contrivances? Are we most wise for the world, or for our souls? Those that live in pleasure are dead, 1 Timothy 5:6. A sanctified soul is a living soul; and that life is peace. The carnal mind is not only an enemy to God, but enmity itself. The carnal man may, by the power of Divine grace, be made subject to the law of God, but the carnal mind never can; that must be broken and driven out. We may know our real state and character by inquiring whether we have the Spirit of God and Christ, or not, ver. 9. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Having the Spirit of Christ, means having a turn of mind in some degree like the mind that was in Christ Jesus, and is to be shown by a life and conversation suitable to his precepts and example.