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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Romans 8:12 Catholic Bible: So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/romans/8-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/romans/8-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/romans/8-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/romans/1.htm">Romans</a> > <a href="/gntd/romans/8.htm">Chapter 8</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/8-11.htm" title="Romans 8:11">◄</a> Romans 8:12 <a href="../romans/8-13.htm" title="Romans 8:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/romans/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/romans/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/romans/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Consequently, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/romans/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.</p><p class="hdg">we are.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/6-2.htm">Romans 6:2-15</a> God forbid! For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein? . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/116-16.htm">Psalm 116:16</a> O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19,20</a> Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own? . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_peter/4-2.htm">1 Peter 4:2,3</a> That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men but according to the will of God. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/romans/8.htm">Heirs with Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11</span>And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you; he that raised up Jesus Christ, from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl">Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.</span> <span class="reftext">13</span>For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/6-12.htm">Matthew 6:12</a></span><br />And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14</a></span><br />For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you; he that raised up Jesus Christ, from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a></span><br />For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/4-4.htm">Debt</a> <a href="/luke/16-5.htm">Debtors</a> <a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/romans/8-5.htm">Live</a> <a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/romans/8-5.htm">Natures</a> <a href="/romans/4-4.htm">Obligation</a> <a href="/romans/6-14.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Debt</a> <a href="/romans/15-27.htm">Debtors</a> <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Live</a> <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Natures</a> <a href="/romans/15-27.htm">Obligation</a> <a href="/romans/11-30.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/romans/8-12.htm">Romans 8:12 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: according an are brethren brothers but flesh flesh- have is it live nature not obligation sinful So the then Therefore to under we<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/romans/8-12.htm">NT Letters: Romans 8:12 So then brothers we are debtors not (Rom. 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