What kind of death?
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:45 pm
The NASV say:
Rom 8:12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--
Rom 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
I was reading in chapter 8 of Romans and these verses gave me pause. I see in verse 12 that Paul is talking to christians, so when he says in verse 13 "for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die" what kind of death is he talking about. To make matters worse I was reading from the New Century Version which called this death "spiritual death". Can anyone help me shed some light on the meaning of these verses?
Thanks
Rom 8:12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--
Rom 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
I was reading in chapter 8 of Romans and these verses gave me pause. I see in verse 12 that Paul is talking to christians, so when he says in verse 13 "for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die" what kind of death is he talking about. To make matters worse I was reading from the New Century Version which called this death "spiritual death". Can anyone help me shed some light on the meaning of these verses?
Thanks