Romans 8:6-7

8:6 For the outlook¹ of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, 8:7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Mark 8:33

8:33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”²

Mark 8:1

The Feeding of the Four Thousand

8:1 In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So³ Jesus⁴ called his disciples and said to them,

Colossians 2:14

2:14 He has destroyed⁵ what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness⁶ expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

Philippians 3:18-19

3:18 For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.⁷

¹tn Or “mindset,” “way of thinking” (twice in this verse and once in v. 7). The Greek term φρόνημα does not refer to one’s mind, but to one’s outlook or mindset.

²tn Grk “people’s.”

³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁴tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn The participle ἐξαλείψας (exaleiyas) is a temporal adverbial participle of contemporaneous time related to the previous verb συνεζωοποίησεν (sunezwopoihsen), but has been translated as a finite verb because of the complexity of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences. For the meaning “destroy” see BDAG 344-45 s.v. ἐξαλείφω 2.

⁶tn On the translation of χειρόγραφον (ceirografon), see BDAG 1083 s.v. which refers to it as “a certificate of indebtedness.”

⁷tn Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”