Romans 8:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For to be carnallyb minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ”

Romans 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For to be carnally minded - Margin, “The minding of the flesh.” The sense is, that to follow the inclinations of the flesh, or the corrupt propensities of our nature, leads us to condemnation and...
Romans 8:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace. (7) He demonstrates what follows from his argument: because whatever the flesh savours, that brings about...
Romans 8:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The New Man in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 . Therefore now sin's captive escapes! No condemnation: Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20 ; Romans 7:14-24 was all condemnation! Those in Christ Jesus; see...
Romans 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to be, &c. . the minding (Greek. phronema . Only here and Romans 8:7 ; Romans 8:27 ) of the flesh. is: i.e. results in. to be spiritually, &c. . the minding of the spirit (App-101. a...
Romans 8:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. The minding of the flesh, etc. [ Erasmus ] has rendered it “affection,” ( affectum ;) the old translator, “prudence,” ( prudentiam .) But as it is certain that the το φρονημα o...
Romans 8:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1860 THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL MIND CONTRASTED Romans 8:6 . To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace . THE world in general are much mistaken wit...
Romans 8:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. For to be carnally minded is death - To live under the influence of the carnal mind is to live in the state of...
Romans 8:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For to be carnally-minded is death— For joins what follows to Romans 8:1 as the reason of what is here laid down; namely, that deliverance from condemnation is experienced only by such Christia...
Romans 8:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. For. This is scarcely to be taken as a mere particle of transition here, like 'But' or 'Now;' but neither i...
Romans 8:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The New Life in Cheist in relation to God and the Spirit It was shown in Romans 5:12 . that condemnation for the guilt of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question...
Romans 8:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-11) A result is thus attained which the law of Moses could not accomplish, but which is accomplished in the gospel. The Christian is entirely freed from the law of sin and death, and from the cond...
Romans 8:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 17 THE JUSTIFIED: THEIR LIFE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT Romans 8:1-11 THE sequence of the eighth chapter of the Epistle on the seventh is a study always interesting and fruitful. No one can re...
Romans 8:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Life in the Spirit Romans 8:1-9 This may fitly be called the “chapter of the Holy Spirit.” The Apostle has carefully kept this great theme in the background till he has well prepared the gr...
Romans 8:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the...
Romans 8:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (7) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be....
Romans 8:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For to be carnally minded is death ,.... The phrase the apostle here uses, includes the best part of corrupt man; the mind, the understanding, the judgment, the will, the affections, the thoughts, t...
Romans 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Ver. 6. To be carnally ] The quintessence of the flesh's wittiness, or rather wickedness, φρονημα .
Romans 8:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For Or rather, now; they that are after the flesh The apostle having, Romans 8:1 , described those to whom there is no condemnation , as persons who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spi...
Romans 8:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deliverance Simply by God's Truth We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decide...
Romans 8:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Believer's Privileges. A. D. 58. 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which...
Romans 8:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In this verse we have an account of the different end of those that are carnal and spiritual, as in the former we had a description of their different carriage and disposition. For to be carnally mi...
Romans 8:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Contrast Between Flesh And Spirit Is Considered, Leading Up To The Assurance Of Life Through The Triune God And A Declaration Of Our Sonship And Heirship (8:5-17). Reference to ‘walking not af...
Romans 8:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 8:5 .—The state is indicated in Romans 7:25 , when the mind can serve the law of God, and only the flesh is subject to the law of sin. Romans 8:6 . Carnally minded (φρό...
Romans 8:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 8:1-11 In the verses before us three points are touched on regarding the gospel as God's power to sanctify. These are: (1) The preliminary work which had to be done by the coming of Christ,...
Romans 8:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 8:1 . There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. My hearers, we are each of us, by nature, under the cond...
Romans 8:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot...
Romans 8:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. Description of regenerate and unregenerate The word “flesh” is here to be taken not in the natural sense, but in the moral; an...
Romans 8:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 8:1-45 ( c ) The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be ref...
Romans 8:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The difference between the carnal mind and the spiritual mind:
Romans 8:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 5:22 ; Galatians 6:8 ; James 1:14 ; James 1:15 ; John 14:27 ; John 14:6 ; John 17:5 ; Romans 14:17 ; Romans 5:1 ; Romans 5:10 ; Romans 13:14 ; Romans 6:21 ; Romans 6:23 ; Roma...
Romans 8:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For to be carnally minded — That is, to mind the things of the flesh. Is death — The sure mark of spiritual death, and the way to death everlasting. But to be spiritually minded — That is, to mind...

Romans 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 8:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 8:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 8:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 8:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 8:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 8:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 8:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 8:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 8:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 8:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 8:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 8:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 8:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 8:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 8:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 8:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 8:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 8:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 8:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 8:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 8:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 8:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes