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Ro 8:6 King James For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
For--a mere particle of transition here [THOLUCK], like "but" or "now."

to be carnally minded--literally, "the mind" or "minding of the flesh" (Margin); that is, the pursuit of fleshly ends.

is death--not only "ends in" [ALFORD, &c.], but even now "is"; carrying death into its bosom, so that such are "dead while they live" (Ti1 5:6; Eph 2:1, Eph 2:5) [PHILIPPI].

but to be spiritually minded--"the mind" or "minding of the spirit"; that is, the pursuit of spiritual objects.

is life and peace--not "life" only, in contrast with the "death" that is in the other pursuit, but "peace"; it is the very element of the soul's deepest repose and true bliss.
 
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5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: