Romans 8:5-6

8:5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by ¹  the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For the outlook ²  of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

Romans 8:26-27

8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, ³  but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. 8:27 And he ⁴  who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit ⁵  intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

[8:5]  ¹ tn Grk “think on” or “are intent on” (twice in this verse). What is in view here is not primarily preoccupation, however, but worldview. Translations like “set their mind on” could be misunderstood by the typical English reader to refer exclusively to preoccupation.

[8:6]  ² tn 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.

[8:26]  ³ tn Or “for we do not know what we ought to pray for.”

[8:27]  ⁴ sn He refers to God here; Paul has not specifically identified him for the sake of rhetorical power (for by leaving the subject slightly ambiguous, he draws his audience into seeing God’s hand in places where he is not explicitly mentioned).

[8:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.