Gospel Conversations Week 14

Romans 8:1-17

Life in the Spirit

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.¹ 2 Forthe law of ^hthe Spirit of life ⁱhas set you² free in Christ Jesus from the law of sinand death. 3 For ^jGod has done what the law, ^kweakened by the flesh, ^lcould not do. ^mBysending his own Son ⁿin the likeness of sinful flesh and ^ofor sin,³ he condemned sin inthe flesh, 4 in order that ^pthe righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,^qwho walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For ^rthose who liveaccording to the flesh set their minds on ^sthe things of the flesh, but those who liveaccording to the Spirit set their minds on ^tthe things of the Spirit. 6 For to set ^uthe mindon the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind thatis set on the flesh is ^vhostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; ^windeed, itcannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact ^xthe Spirit of God dwellsin you. ^yAnyone who does not have ^zthe Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But ifChrist is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because ofrighteousness. 11 If the Spirit of ^ahim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, hewho raised Christ Jesus⁴ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^bthroughhis Spirit who dwells in you.

Heirs with Christ

12 So then, brothers,⁵ we are debtors, ^cnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^dput to deaththe deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are ^eled by the Spirit of God are ^fsons⁶of God. 15 For ^gyou did not receive ^hthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you havereceived the Spirit of ⁱadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^j“Abba! Father!” 16 ^kThe Spirithimself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then^lheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^mprovided we suffer with him in orderthat we may also be glorified with him.