Romans 8:12-14
What is written? (ESV)
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
What does it say?
As a result, brethern, we are obliged to live not according to the flesh which would result in death, but to the Spirit whereby we live having put to the death the deeds of the flesh. Therefor, you are sons of God if you are led by the Spirit.
What is its immediate context?
After rejoicing in his own salvation and freedom from “this body of death” (7:24) through Christ, Paul is calling on the Roman Christians to remember their own calling and the triumph they share in Christ (vss 1-2). He implores them to “live according to the Spirit” (vs 5).
How Romans 8:12-14 is applied across Bible answers
Top 4: Results of baptism?
Baptism obliges one to be "led by the Spirit" and be considered a "son of God" only if they continue to "put to death the deeds of the body".
Going back to 6:1-4,3 Paul has already qualified his audience as those who have "been baptized into Christ", and is continuing from there to point to the results of their being "baptized into Christ".
