For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

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

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.

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.