What does Romans 8:12-13 say about living after the flesh?
Romans 8:12-13 states that believers are debtors not to the flesh, to live after the flesh, for living after the flesh results in death. But if through the Spirit they put to death the deeds of the body, they shall live.
Les explains that Romans 8:12-13 warns believers not to live after the flesh, because that path leads to death. He ties this to the first admonition to Adam and Eve—that the day they ate they would surely die—and notes that this has not changed. He also clarifies that the Christian life involves discipline, but it is not merely giving things up; rather, the Spirit changes a person’s appetites, so what they once loved they begin to hate and vice versa. Through the Spirit, they are to mortify the deeds of the body and live.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.