Romans 8:4 Parallel Translations

Therefore, we, who do not live by our corrupt nature but by our spiritual nature, are able to meet God's standards.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

ASV:

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

BBE:

So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

DBY:

in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.

ERV:

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

WEY:

in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.

WBS:

That the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

WEB:

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

YLT:

that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:4 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 1:6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

Romans 2:26 So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:4 That the {l} righteousness of the law might be fulfilled {5} in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
(l) The very substance of the law of God might be fulfilled, or that same which the law requires, that we may be found just before God: for if with our justification there is joined that sanctification which is imputed to us, we are just, according to the perfect form which the Lord requires.
(5) He returns to that which he said, that the sanctification which is begun in us is a sure testimony of our ingrafting into Christ, which is a most plentiful fruit of a godly and honest life.

PNT:

8:4 That the righteousness of the law. The righteous demand of the law, its substance, is a loving obedience to God. See Lu 10:27. By the Gospel the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through the Spirit. Hence, we comply with its righteous demands when we
walk not according the flesh, but according the Spirit. To walk after the flesh is to obey the dictates of the flesh; to walk after the Spirit is to obey its dictates. It dwells in the believer to help him, but its dictates are found in the words of the Holy Spirit.

WES:

8:4 That the righteousness of the law - The holiness it required, described, Rom 8:11. Might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit - Who are guided in all our thoughts, words, and actions, not by corrupt nature, but by the Spirit of God. From this place St. Paul describes primarily the state of believers, and that of unbelievers only to illustrate this.

MHC:

8:1-9 Believers may be chastened of the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. What is the principle of their walk; the flesh or the Spirit, the old or the new nature, corruption or grace? For which of these do we make provision, by which are we governed? The unrenewed will is unable to keep any commandment fully. And the law, besides outward duties, requires inward obedience. God showed abhorrence of sin by the sufferings of his Son in the flesh, that the believer's person might be pardoned and justified. Thus satisfaction was made to Divine justice, and the way of salvation opened for the sinner. By the Spirit the law of love is written upon the heart, and though the righteousness of the law is not fulfilled by us, yet, blessed be God, it is fulfilled in us; there is that in all true believers, which answers the intention of the law. The favour of God, the welfare of the soul, the concerns of eternity, are the things of the Spirit, which those that are after the Spirit do mind. Which way do our thoughts move with most pleasure? Which way go our plans and contrivances? Are we most wise for the world, or for our souls? Those that live in pleasure are dead, 1Ti 5:6. A sanctified soul is a living soul; and that life is peace. The carnal mind is not only an enemy to God, but enmity itself. The carnal man may, by the power of Divine grace, be made subject to the law of God, but the carnal mind never can; that must be broken and driven out. We may know our real state and character by inquiring whether we have the Spirit of God and Christ, or not, ver. 9. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Having the Spirit of Christ, means having a turn of mind in some degree like the mind that was in Christ Jesus, and is to be shown by a life and conversation suitable to his precepts and example.

CONC:

Case Earthly Flesh Fulfilled Fully Law Met Nature Natures Order Ordered Ordinance Regulated Requirement Requirements Righteous Righteousness Sinful Spirit Spiritual Walk

Case Earthly Flesh Fulfilled Fully Law Met Natures Order Ordered Ordinance Regulated Requirement Requirements Righteous Righteousness Sinful Spirit Spiritual Walk Way

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