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Romans 8:6-11

Life in the Spirit

March 22, 2026

The Resurrection of the Flesh, Luca Signorelli
The Resurrection of the Flesh, Luca Signorelli, 1499–1502San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto
In the San Brizio chapel at Orvieto. The dead climb out of a flat bare ground, some still skeletons, some already fully fleshed, with two angels sounding trumpets overhead.He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.Luca SignorelliAn Umbrian painter obsessed with the nude figure in violent motion, whose Orvieto frescoes Michelangelo studied closely.San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, OrvietoA chapel in the cathedral of Orvieto, frescoed by Fra Angelico and then, fifty years later, finished by Signorelli.San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 11:1-45Jn 11:1-45
EpistleRom. 8:6-11Rom 8:6-11
Old TestamentEzek. 37:1-14Ez 37:1-14
PsalterPs. 130Ps 130

Overview & Insights

"To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace." (Romans 8:6)

Paul contrasts a mind set on the flesh, which is death, with a mind set on the Spirit, which is life and peace, and tells the Roman church that they are in the Spirit because God's Spirit dwells in them. He closes by promising that the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to their mortal bodies too.

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Commentary

Commentary on Romans 8:6-11Commentary on Rom 8:6-11 Working Preacher

Reads the passage as descriptive of what God has already done rather than a new ethical demand.

Romans 8:6-11 CommentaryRom 8:6-11 Commentary CEP (Center for Excellence in Preaching)

Traces Paul's flesh and Spirit opposition through the wider argument of Romans 8.

Romans 8 Commentary: Life in the SpiritRom 8 Commentary: Life in the Spirit Enduring Word

Full verse by verse treatment of the chapter Paul devotes most fully to the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:6-8 CommentaryRom 8:6-8 Commentary Precept Austin

Word studies on the mind set on the flesh versus the mind set on the Spirit.

Romans 8:6 CommentariesRom 8:6 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentators verse by verse on the flesh and Spirit contrast.

Romans 8 CommentaryRom 8 Commentary StudyLight (Barnes)

Plain historical notes on Paul's argument that believers are no longer under obligation to the flesh.

Background & Word Study

Romans 8:6 InterlinearRom 8:6 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text word by word for phronema (mindset) of flesh versus Spirit.

Book of Romans OverviewBook of Rom Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of Romans that places chapter 8 as the resolution of Paul's argument about life in the Spirit.

Church Fathers

Romans 8 CatenaRom 8 Catena Catena

Patristic comments on the Spirit of life passage collected verse by verse.

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