Romans 8:7

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.

Romans 8:13

8:13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will ¹  die), ²  but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

Romans 6:21

6:21 So what benefit ³  did you then reap ⁴  from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Romans 6:23

6:23 For the payoff ⁵  of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 7:5

7:5 For when we were in the flesh, ⁶  the sinful desires, ⁷  aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body ⁸  to bear fruit for death.

Romans 7:11

7:11 For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. ⁹ 

Romans 13:14

13:14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires. ¹⁰ 

Galatians 6:8

6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ¹¹  will reap corruption ¹²  from the flesh, ¹³  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

James 1:14-15

1:14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires. 1:15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

[8:13]  ¹ tn Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”

[8:13]  ² sn This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.

[6:21]  ³ tn Grk “fruit.”

[6:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.

[6:23]  ⁵ tn A figurative extension of ὀψώνιον (oywnion), which refers to a soldier’s pay or wages. Here it refers to the end result of an activity, seen as something one receives back in return. In this case the activity is sin, and the translation “payoff” captures this thought. See also L&N 89.42.

[7:5]  ⁶ tn That is, before we were in Christ.

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Or “sinful passions.”

[7:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[7:11]  ⁹ tn Or “and through it killed me.”

[13:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “make no provision for the flesh unto desires.”

[6:8]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 915 s.v. σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as σ. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξ…Gal 5:13, 24;…Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα…Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”

[6:8]  ¹² tn Or “destruction.”

[6:8]  ¹³ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.