Romans 8:5

"that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that the law's purpose is to guide and transform believers who live by the Spirit, not by their own fleshly desires. Through the Spirit, they fulfill the law's true intent, moving beyond mere external compliance to a life of righteousness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 5. For they that are after the flesh. They that are under the influence of the corrupt and sinful desires of the flesh, Ga 5:19-21. Those who are unrenewed. Do mind the things of the flesh. They are supremely devoted to the gratification of their corrupt desires. But they that are after the Spirit. Who are under its influence; who are led by the Spirit. The things of the Spirit. Those things which the Spirit produces, or which he effects in the mind, Ga 5:22, 23.

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