Preface: This is certainly one of the most famous chapters in the Bible with several of the most famous passages in the Scriptures (There is now no condemnation for the one in Christ Jesus; All things work together for good to those who love God; I am fully convinced that nothing can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus). Throughout this chapter, Paul navigates these and other topics using some exceptional logic. I find it nearly impossible to sum up this chapter with a sentence or two.

Bible Summary: The law of the Spirit has set you free. We are children of God and co-heirs with Christ. Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

This should be the most extensive examination of Romans 8 available, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text.

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         Summary            Why Romans 8 is in the Word of God

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         Addendum          The Five Stages of National Discipline

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         Addendum          Eternal Security Approaches (by R. B. Thieme, Jr.)

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         Addendum          Doctrinal Teachers Who Have Taught Romans 8

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An Introduction to Romans 8

I ntroduction: Romans 8has some of the most important and memorized verses in the Word of God. Therefore, we need to be careful not to overemphasize those several sections and miss what else is found in this chapter. There is a lot to be found here, including a lot of reasoning and logic on the part of the human author, Paul.

As an aside, I think that is interesting to consider how Paul put all of this together—by this, I mean more than Romans 8; or the book of Romans; but the entire theology that we adhere to as believers in the Church Age. In fact, without Paul, would we have understood the dramatic change from the Age of Israel to the Church Age?

Given the amount of reasoning found in the book of Romans; and given that Paul’s writings tend to become more deeply theological as the years go by; I would suggest two things: (1) at no time in Paul’s early Christian life did he know it all. I believe that Paul understood a great deal by this point in time, but did he really understand the concept of dispensations yet? I don’t think that he did. (2) How much Church Age doctrine did Paul learn at the hand of a teaching angel in Arabia (was that the setup there?); and how much did Paul simply develop on his own? One could certainly suggest that Paul’s arguments, logic and progressive thinking were simply applied to material which he already fully understood (knowing that he had a great many people to convince). Or is it possible that Paul was developing some (most or all of his) theology on the fly, as he taught or as he wrote. There are so many logical progressions of thought—particularly in this chapter—that I personally lean toward the second explanation for the theology and practices which we all follow in this era. Not that we need to choose sides here, as, how important is it really how Paul developed the Church Age theology which is the foundation for our spiritual lives?

Paul continues, at the beginning of this chapter, to develop the basic principles of the spiritual life. He started with this back in Romans 7, but he continues with this thread for the first eight verses of this chapter. Paul begins with the great statement, There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1; UPDV)

Paul takes this examination of the spiritual life and goes back to the foundation of our absolute status quo as believers in Jesus Christ. Vv. 9–11.

Then Paul goes back to the basics of the spiritual life—that we have a sin nature, a body of sin; but we also have the Holy Spirit—and how this all relates to Roman adoption (as we have all been adopted into Christ). Vv. 12–17.

We suffer in this life, but the earth itself appears to be in an imperfect state. But if the earth is redeemed, then so are we; and if we are redeemed, what do we become heirs to? Vv. 18–25.

Through the power of the Spirit and our relationship with God, Paul then tells us that, And we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, to those who are called according to [his] purpose. (Romans 8:28; UPDV). Then Paul gives us the logical progress of being called, being justified, being foreknown, etc. Vv. 26–30.

Finally, Paul asks us, how can we be judged or condemned by others? It is God Who judges and condemns; and it was Jesus Who stood in our stead. Therefore, there is nothing which can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Vv. 31–39.

At this point, I still do not believe that I have really given this chapter justice when it comes to this summation of it.

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I am not entirely happy with this translation in terms of dividing it up into sentences. It is reasonably accurate, otherwise.

Here is how others have translated this verse:

Ancient texts:                       I will use the Westcott-Hort Greek text as the basis for my English translation. I use that test primarily because e-sword has a nice module by Rob Wolfram which has the interlinear English text, Strong’s #’s, and the Greek morphology. The e-sword tab is IWH+P. I do not use their English text for my translation. Also, throughout, I take in consideration alternate readings.

As a young Christian, I was quite interested in the alternative readings. After many decades of study, I have found that, as with the Hebrew text, disputed readings rarely have any affect on the interpretation of a text (apart from perhaps a half-dozen fairly well-known alternate readings, like the end of the book of Mark).

I will compare the Greek text to English translations of the Latin and Syriac (= Aramaic) texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation and George Lamsa’s translation from the Syriac. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.).

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls are irrelevant, as they preceded the writing of the New Testament by over 200 years.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Ancient texts:

Westcott-Hort Text (Greek)    None, therefore now, condemnation to (those) in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of the sin and of the death. For the weakness of the law in whom kept on being weak through the flesh, the God, the Son of Himself, had sent, in a likeness of flesh of sin; and about sin, He judged the sin in the flesh, that the judgment of the law might be fulfilled in us, the (ones) not according to flesh keep on walking but according to Spirit.

Complete Apostles’ Bible      There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.

For what was impossible for the law to do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh.

For the law of the spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath delivered me from the law of sin and of death.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and of sin, hath condemned sin in the flesh.

That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

Holy Aramaic Scriptures        .

Original Aramaic NT              There is therefore no condemnation to those in Yeshua The Messiah who do not walk in the flesh.*

For The Law of The Spirit of Life which is in Yeshua The Messiah has freed you* from the law of sin and of death.

For because The Written Law was weak through the sickliness of the flesh, God sent his Son in the form of sinful flesh, because of sin, to condemn sin in his flesh,

That the righteousness of The Written Law would be fulfilled in us, that we would not walk in the flesh but in The Spirit.

Lamsa Peshitta (Syriac)         .

Significant differences: 

English Translations:          I have included translations which I disagree with and footnotes that I do not necessarily agree with. If I believe that the author is too far from the truth, I may even address that at the footnote. However, nearly all of the correct commentary will be found following the Greek text box and the translation of each phrase.

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners. 

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 

For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh: 

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.

Bible in Worldwide English     So now those who belong to Christ Jesus will not be judged.

The Spirit gives life in Christ Jesus. And the law of the Spirit has set me free from the law of wrong things, and the law of death.

God has done what the law could not do. The things people did made the law weak. God sent his own Son in a body of man. His body was like the bodies which others use to do wrong things. He sent him because people have done wrong things. And he judged the wrong things people have done in their bodies.

He did this so that we might be good people as the law said we should be. We are good people if we live the way the Spirit wants us to live, not the way our bodies want to live.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  So now anyone who is in Christ Jesus is not judged guilty. That is because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free. It made you free from the law that brings sin and death. The law was without power because it was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do: He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that everyone else uses for sin. God sent him to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to destroy sin. He did this so that we could be right just as the law said we must be. Now we don't live following our sinful selves. We live following the Spirit.

God’s Word™                         So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.

The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.

It is impossible to do what God's standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.

Therefore, we, who do not live by our corrupt nature but by our spiritual nature, are able to meet God's standards.

Good News Bible (TEV)         There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.

For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.

What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like our sinful nature, to do away with sin.

God did this so that the righteous demands of the Law might be fully satisfied in us who live according to the Spirit, and not according to human nature.

J. B. Phillips                           .

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New Life Version                    .

Radiant New Testament        .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible              .

Contemporary English V.       If you belong to Christ Jesus, you won't be punished. The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus and will set you free from sin and death. The Law of Moses cannot do this, because our selfish desires make the Law weak. But God set you free when he sent his own Son to be like us sinners and to be a sacrifice for our sin. God used Christ's body to condemn sin. He did this, so that we would do what the Law commands by obeying the Spirit instead of our own desires.

Goodspeed New Testament  .

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Living Translation           .

The Passion Translation        So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.  For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death.  For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin.  So now every righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled through the Anointed One living his life in us. And we are free to live, not according to our flesh, but by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit! 

Plain English Version             .

UnfoldingWord Simplified T.  So God will not condemn and punish those who are joined to the Messiah Jesus. God's Spirit causes us to live in a new way because we are joined to the Messiah Jesus. In this way, I no longer have to sin when I think about sinning, and I will no more be separated from God. We tried to obey God's law in order to live with God, but it was useless to think that we could— we could not stop sinning. So God helped us instead: He sent his own Son into the world in order that his Son might atone for our sin. His Son came having a body that was like the body of us who sin. His Son came to offer himself as a sacrifice for our sin. When he did this, he also showed that our sins are truly wicked, and that anyone who sins deserves to be punished. So we can now fulfill all that God required in his law. We do this, not by our acting the way our old evil attitude desires, but instead by living as God's Spirit desires us to live.

Williams’ New Testament      So then there is no condemnation at all for those who are in union with Christ Jesus. For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death. For though the law could not do it, because it was made helpless through our lower nature, yet God, by sending His own Son in a body similar to that of our lower nature, and as a sacrifice for sin, passed sentence upon sin through His body, so that the requirement of the law might be fully met in us who do not live by the standard set by our lower nature, but by the standard set by the Spirit.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Breakthrough Version            Clearly there is no guilty verdict now for the people in the Anointed King Jesus. You see, the law of the Spirit of the life in the Anointed King Jesus set you free out of the law of the sin and the death; for the inability of the law, in which it was weak through the physical body, God, when He sent His own Son in the likeness of a physical body of sin and concerning sin, found the sin to be guilty in the physical body so that the right path of the law might be accomplished in us, the people not traipsing around in line with the physical body, but in line with the Spirit.

Common English Bible           .

Len Gane Paraphrase           There is not any condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, [those] who don't walk after the flesh but after the spirit. For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus freed me from the law of sin and death. For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and, as for sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness of the law could be fulfilled in us who don't walk after the flesh but after the spirit.

A. Campbell's Living Oracles .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

NT for Everyone                     .

20^th Century New Testament There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus; For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death. What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature, So that the requirements of the Law might be satisfied in us who live now in obedience, not to our earthly nature, but to the Spirit.

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

An Understandable Version   .

Berean Study Bible                .

Christian Standard Bible        .

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Revised Ferrar-Fenton           .

Free Bible Version                 So there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. What the law couldn’t do because it was powerless due to our sinful nature*, God was able to do! By sending his own Son in human form, God dealt with the whole problem of sin* and destroyed sin’s power in our sinful human nature. In this way we could fulfill the good requirements of the law by following the Spirit and not our sinful nature.

International Standard V        The Spirit Gives Life

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah [Or Christ] Jesus. [Other mss. read Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit] For the Spirit’s law of life in the Messiah [Or Christ] Jesus has set me [Other mss. read you] free from the Law of sin and death. For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did. By sending his own Son in the form of humanity, [Lit. of the flesh] he condemned sin by being incarnate, so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to human nature but according to the Spirit.

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Leicester A. Sawyer’s NT      .

The Spoken English NT         . Perform

UnfoldingWord Literal Text    .

Urim-Thummim Version         .

Weymouth New Testament    There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus; for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death. For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature; 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.

Wikipedia Bible Project          Consequently there is now no sentence that condemns those who are in Christ Jesus. The law of the Spirit—life in Christ Jesus—set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do because it was powerless due to our sinful human nature, God was able to do by sending his own Son in human form. Dealing with the whole problem of sin, he destroyed sin in human nature. In this way we could fulfill the right requirements of the law as we follow the Spirit and not our human nature.

Worsley’s New Testament    There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath set me free from the law of sin and death. For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)     .

The Heritage Bible                 .

New American Bible (2011)   .

New Catholic Bible                 .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989   .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

Hebraic Roots Bible               There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Yahshua Messiah, who do not walk according to flesh, but according to Spirit. For the Law of the Spirit of life which is in Yahshua Messiah set me free from the law of sin and of death. For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, YAHWEH sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous demand of the Torah might be fulfilled in us, those not walking according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

Holy New Covenant Trans.    So there is no condemnation now for those people who are in Christ Jesus. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. The law was weak through human nature. God did what the law could not do: He sent His own Son as a sacrificial offering for sin. He came with a nature like man’s sinful human nature. And, concerning sin, this is how God used human nature to condemn sin. He wanted to completely satisfy in us what the law says is right. We are living by following the Spirit, not by following human nature.

The Scriptures 2009              There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah יהושע, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.  For the torah of the Spirit of the life in Messiah יהושע has set me free from the torah of sin and of death.  For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohim, having sent His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness of the Torah should be completed in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Tree of Life Version                Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Messiah Yeshua. For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what was impossible for the Torah—since it was weakened on account of the flesh—God has done. Sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh— so that the requirement of the Torah might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Ruach.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Accurate New Testament       No then now Condemnation {becomes} [to] the [men] in christ Jesus The for Law [of] the spirit [of] the life in christ jesus frees you from the law [of] the offense and [of] the death The [Thing] for {is} Unable [of] the law in which [He] had (weakness) through the flesh The God the [of] himself son Sending in appearance [of] flesh [of] offense and about offense condemns the offense in the flesh that The Act (Right) [of] the law may be filled in us the [men] not in flesh walking but in spirit {walking}...

Alpha & Omega Bible            THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.

FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS SET YOU FREE FROM THE VERDICT OF SIN AND OF DEATH.

FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT DO, WEAK AS IT WAS THROUGH THE FLESH, THEOS (The Alpha & Omega) did: SENDING HIS OWN SON IN THE IMAGE OF SINFUL FLESH AND as an offering FOR SIN, HE CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH,

SO THAT THE ORDINANCES OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US, WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.

Awful Scroll Bible                   So then at this time, there is no judgment-against those from-within the Anointed One, Jesus, that are walking-about not according to the flesh, however, according to the Breath.

For the law of the Breath of Life, by-within the Anointed One, Jesus, makes me free, out of the law of missing-the-mark and death.

For the Law is un-able, by-within that it was weak because of the flesh, God directing His Son, from-within the likeness of missing-the-mark flesh, and concerning missing-the-mark, accordingly-judges missing-the-mark from-within the flesh, in order that, the righteousness of the Law, may be fulfilled from-within us, who are walking-about not according to the flesh, however, according to the Breath.

Concordant Literal Version    Nothing, consequently, is now condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. Not according to flesh are they walking, but according to spirit, for the spirit's law of life in Christ Jesus frees you from the law of sin and death. For what was impossible to the law, in which it was infirm through the flesh, did God, sending His own Son in the likeness of sin's flesh and concerning sin, He condemns sin in the flesh, that the just requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who are not walking in accord with flesh, but in accord with spirit."

exeGeses companion Bible   THE TORAH OF THE SPIRIT; LIFE IN THE MESSIAH

So there is now no condemnation to them

who are in Messiah Yah Shua.

*not in mss; but see 8:4

For the torah of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yah Shua

liberates me from the torah of sin and death.

For the torah, being incapable,

- frail through the flesh,

Elohim sending his own Son

in the likeness of the flesh of sin;

and for sin, condemned the sin in the flesh:

to fulfill/shalam the judgment of the torah in us,

who walk not after flesh, but after Spirit.

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

Orthodox Jewish Bible           Therefore, now there is no gezar din (verdict) of ashem (guilty), no harsha'ah (condemnation as guilty) for those in Moshiach Yehoshua (cf. Ro 5:18).

For the Torah of the Ruach HaKodesh that gives Chayyim in Moshiach Yehoshua [YIRMEYAH 31:31-34; YECHEZKEL 36:26-27] has set you free from the Chok of Chet and Mavet.

For what the Torah was unable to do in that it was weak through the basar (fallen human nature under Chet Kadmon and without hitkhadshut renewal and regeneration by the Ruach Hakodesh), G-d sent his own Ben HaElohim [Moshiach] in the very demut (likeness) of the basar of sinful humanity and as a chattat (sin offering, sin atoning sacrifice, 2C 5:21) and both pronounced and effected a sentence of death on HaChet baBasar (Sin in the Flesh, in the fallen old humanity)

In order that the maleh chukat haTorah (the full statute requirement of the Torah, see VAYIKRA 18:5) might be fulfilled in us whose halakhah is in the Derech [HaChayyim] (the Way of Life) according to the Ruach Hakodesh and not in accordance with the basar.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

An Understandable Version   Therefore, none of those who are in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus will be condemned. For the Holy Spirit’s law which provides [never ending] life for those in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus has freed me from the law that requires [spiritual] death for sinning. For what the law was not able to do [for mankind], since it was [too] weak [to deliver them from condemnation] because fleshly people [were unable to obey it perfectly], God condemned sin in the flesh [i.e., sin was declared evil and its power over man broken]. God did this by sending His own Son in a body like sinful man’s, and to destroy sin, so that the requirements of the law could be [considered] fulfilled in us, who do not live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, but according to [the promptings of] the Holy Spiri.

Benjamin Brodie’s trans.       Therefore, there is now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.

For the principle of the Spirit [the new marriage counselor], the source of life, has set you free in Christ Jesus [the 2nd husband] from the law [the old marriage counselor] of the sin nature [the 1st husband], i.e., the source of spiritual death.

For what was impossible from the law [the 1st marriage counselor was not an instrument of salvation or spiritual growth], in that it was weak through the flesh [due to the indwelling sin nature], God, when He sent His Own Son [deity of Christ] in the likeness of sinful flesh [humanity of Christ], namely because of sin, judged sin in the flesh,

So that the legal requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who keep walking [experiential sanctification] not according to the flesh [sin nature], but according to the Spirit .

The Expanded Bible              .

Jonathan Mitchell NT             Nothing, consequently, [is] now a result of condemnation in (or: a commensurate effect of a decision for; a corresponding result of a negative evaluation which falls in line with a decision or follows the pattern which divides [folks] down, with) those within Christ Jesus (or: [There is] not one thing [that is] really now an effect of a downward-judging to, in or with the folks in union with [the] Anointing of Jesus)! [A, D & later MSS here add: {They} are not habitually walking around (= living their lives) in accord with (or: corresponding to) flesh] [Aleph2, D2 & later MSS here add: but to the contrary, in the sphere of spirit and attitude (or: Breath-effect; or: {the} Spirit).]

For the principle and law of, from and which is the spirit and attitude of 'The Life within Christ Jesus' (or: For you see, the Law of Life’s spirit, joined with [the] Anointing of Jesus; or: For the Spirit’s law of life within Christ Jesus; or: the Law [= Torah] from the Breath-effect, which is Life in union with [the] Anointed Jesus) frees you away from the Law of the Sin (or: the principle of failure and the missing of the target; the code of behavior that produces error; the principle of deviation from the goal) and the Death (or: immediately set you [other MSS: me] at liberty from the law that deals with and has the character of sin and death). [comment: = the principle of the old Adamic life, and Israel's Torah]

You see, [because of] the powerlessness and inability of the Law (from the written code; = associated with Torah) – within which it kept on making [folks] weak and feeble ([note: the active voice]; but as an intransitive: in which [incapability] it was constantly falling sick and continued being without strength) through the flesh (= the alienated self oriented toward the System; or: = Torah culture and cultus, with boundary-marker observances) – in sending His own Son (or: by sending the Son, Who is Himself) within a result of a likeness of flesh that is connected with sin (or: in an effect of being made similar to sin’s flesh; = in union with a result from being made like the alienated existence that is marked by failure), and concerning sin (or: encircling failure and error; to address a missed target; surrounding deviation; [note: or, as a technical term for the sin offering: = to be the sin-offering; see: Lev. 4:32; 5:6-9; 2 Chron. 29:24; Ps. 40:6; Ezk. 42:13, LXX]), God gives a commensurate decision from a corresponding negative evaluation which falls in line with and follows the pattern which divides down (or: condemned; gives a down-oriented verdict; passed down a sentence on and gave judgment against) the Sin within the flesh [system] (or: the failure, the error, the miss of the target and the deviation [which is] in union with the human condition; or: = the mistake of the estranged, System-dominated self),

to the end that the effects of the fair and equitable Deed in which wrong was set right, resulting from being turned in the right direction within the Way pointed out, which is the principle, (or: so that the effect of the right relationships which come from [His] law and custom; or: in order that the result of the equity of the Law) may be fulfilled and become full within us – in those habitually walking about (or: = for the folks ordering their behavior and living their lives) not in accord with flesh (or: = not corresponding to the human condition; or: = on the level of Torah-keeping boundary-markers), but rather in accord with spirit (or: down from [the] Spirit; corresponding to [His] Attitude; on the level of and in the sphere of Breath-effect).

P. Kretzmann Commentary    .

Syndein/Thieme                     .

Translation for Translators     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

Lexham Bible                         Set Free from the Law of Sin and Death

Consequently, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what was impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did . By [*Here “by ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“sending”) which is understood as means] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of the law would be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible (2011)   .

The Passion Translation        .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. Henceˎ there is now ||no|| condemnationˎ unto them who are in Christ Jesus;

For ||the-law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus||

hath set thee^e free from the law of sin and of death;—

For <What was impossible by the lawˎ in that it was weak through the flesh>

||God|| <by sending |his ownʹ Son| in the likeness of sinful fleshˎ and concerning sin>

    Condemned sin in the flesh,

In order that ||the righteous requirement of the law|| might be fulfilled in us—Who |not according to flesh| do walkˎ But according to spirit;...

^e Or (WH): “me.” “Text probably a primitive interpolation.”

The Spoken English NT         Forgiveness in Christ Opens the Door to Life in the Spirit
So now there’s no guilty verdict at all for those who are in Christ Jesus!

Because the Spirit of Life’s own law has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

After all, there was one thing the Law couldn’t do-because it was weakened by the flesh. So God sent his own Son. He appeared in flesh just like our sinful flesh, and as a sin offering. So God pronounced a guilty verdict on sin in the flesh.

That way the Law’s full acquittal could be given to us-we who don’t live in line with^a the flesh, but in line with the Spirit.

a.Lit. “who do not walk according to,” and so in the next phrase.

Wilbur Pickering’s New T.     Deliverance
Now then, there is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit,¹ because the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me² free from the law of the sin and the death. Further, what the law could not do, in that it was weak due to the flesh, God has done by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned the sin in the flesh,³ so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

(1) “Who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit” is omitted by 2.3% of the Greek manuscripts, to be followed by NIV, NASB, TEV, LB, etc. Those who follow the 2.3% like to claim that the clause was imported from verse four. But Paul is a Jew, and they like to repeat things. In 7:14-23 Paul described the conflict of the two natures within himself—he was not ‘home free’. That he is not through with the topic is clear from 8:5-17, where he describes in detail the conflict between flesh and Spirit. The reader may rest assured that the 97.7% are correct.

(2) Perhaps 1% of the Greek manuscripts read ‘you’ singular, to be followed by NASB and LB. But ‘you’ in English is ambiguous as to number, and neither NASB nor LB tells the reader that ‘you’ is singular (because in the context it is obviously wrong). Both versions favor the reader with a footnote informing that “some” manuscripts read “me” [their way of referring to 600 against 6].

(3) The sin in our flesh having been condemned, it is now possible to walk according to the Spirit.

WEB — Messianic Edition       .

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  . delivered

Analytical-Literal Translation  Consequently, [there is] now no condemnation to the [ones] in Christ Jesus, [who] do not walk about [fig., conduct themselves] according to flesh, but according to [the] Spirit [or, to spirit, and possibly elsewhere in 8:2-15]. For the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus set me free from the law of sin and of death. For the [thing] impossible [for] the Law [to do] in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did], having sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness requirement of the Law should be fulfilled in us, the [ones] not walking about [fig., conducting ourselves] according to flesh, but according to [the] Spirit.

Berean Literal Bible                .

Bill Puryear translation           Consequently now [there is] no condemnation [judgment] to those in Christ Jesus. For the principle from the Spirit of Life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the principle of the sin nature and of [spiritual] death. For what was impossible for the Law, because it was weak because of the flesh, God judged the sin nature in the flesh, by having sent His own Son in the likeness of the flesh consisting of the sin nature and for a sin-offering, in order that the legal requirement of the Law might be fulfilled by us, who keep walking, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

C. Thomson updated NT        .

Charles Thomson NT             There is then no condemnation now to them who are in Christ Jesus and who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. For the law of the spirit of the life in Christ Jesus hath freed me from the law of sin and death; for as it was out of the power of the law to do this, inasmuch as it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his own son in a likeness of sinful flesh, and to be a sin offering, hath condemned this sin in the flesh, that the morality of the law might be confirmed by us who walk not after flesh, but after spirit: for they who are followers of flesh have their minds bent on the things of the flesh; but the followers of spirit, on the things of the spirit. V. 5 is included for context.

Context Group Version          There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in the Anointed Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in the Anointed Jesus made you free from the law of disgrace and of death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of disgraceful flesh and for disgrace, condemned disgrace in the flesh: that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who don't walk after the flesh, but after the Spirit..

English Standard Version      .

Far Above All Translation       So there is now no condemnation of those in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and death. For what was impossible with the law, in that it was weak as a result of the flesh, God did, having sent his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

Green’s Literal Translation    .

James Allen translation          .

Legacy Standard Bible           .

Literal New Testament           .

Literal Standard Version        .

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version 2020  Consequently* now nothing is condemnation to the ones who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according-to the flesh, but according-to the Spirit. For* the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free away from the law of sin and of death. For* the law being powerless, in what it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh; in-order-that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, the ones who are not walking according-to the flesh, but walking according-to the Spirit.

New American Standard B.    .

New European Version          .

New King James Version       .

New Matthew Bible                .

NT (Variant Readings)           There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, |who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit|. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made °thee free from the law of sin and of death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

°Byz.-me

Niobi Study Bible                   .

R. B. Thieme, Jr. translation  Now therefore there is no judgment to those who are in Christ Jesus.

For the principle of the Spirit [ministry of the Spirit at salvation] Who is the source of eternal life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the principle of the sin nature and the resultant spiritual death.

For what was impossible from the law, because it was weak through the flesh [OSN, first marriage], the God, by having sent his own Son [deity of Christ] in the likeness of the flesh of sin [perfect humanity of Christ], and for a sin offering [the work of Christ on the cross], judged the sin nature in the flesh;...

...in order that the legal requirement of the law might be filled up in us, who keep walking not according to the flesh [the old sin nature], but according to the Spirit.

R. B. Thieme, Jr. trans2         Therefore now there is absolutely no punishment following sentencing or doom or judgment (referring to the execution of the sentence of the Lake of Fire), to those who are in union with Christ Jesus. For the principle of the ministry of God the Holy Spirit at Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God who is the source of Eternal Life has set you free in Current Positional Truth in Christ, Jesus from the principle of the Old Sin Nature and the resultant Spiritual Death. For the inability of the Mosaic Law or for what was impossible from the Mosaic Law as marriage counselor because it was weak or powerless through the flesh the Old Sin Nature, The God has accomplished by having sent the unique mature adult son of himself (having the same essence as deity) Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ in the LIKENESS of the flesh the human body of sin of the Old Sin Nature (humanity of Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ) but he was not sin, and for a sin offering, judged the Old Sin Nature in the flesh in order that the commandment or legal requirement or the actualization of judgment demanded by the Mosaic Law, which is divine blessing to match the Righteousness of God imputed to us at Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God, might be filled up in us who keep walking, one day at a time, not according to the Old Sin Nature but according to God the Holy Spirit.

Revised Geneva Translation  .

Updated Bible Version 2.17   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      .

Webster’s Translation           .

World English Bible                .

Worrell New Testament         .

The gist of this passage: 

1-4

Translation: [There is] therefore, no condemnation now to (those) in Christ Jesus,...

For the person who has believed in Christ Jesus, there is no more condemnation. Bear in mind, we are condemned by the Law; but since there is no condemnation for us, that sets the Mosaic Law aside as an issue.

Translation: ...for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you...

You will recall in the previous chapter, Paul may references to what seemed like many different laws. However, the law of the Spirit of life means that we have been regenerated by God the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation.

The 2^nd person singular is interesting here, as Paul was not really using it. In the previous chapter, Paul never referred to the believers in Rome using the singular. That means one of two things: (1) Paul was emphasizing how this impacted every single individual in the church in Rome (and elsewhere, of course); or (2) the text ought to be me; as Paul used the 1^st person singular pronoun a dozen times. I lean toward the latter as being the accurate reading of this passage.

This life has freed us from the following...

Translation: ...from the law of sin and death.

We are made free from the law of sin and death. What law is that? I would take this to me the Mosaic Law, which both gives us a fundamental set of sins and condemns us on the basis of those sins.

Romans 8:1–2 [There is] therefore, no condemnation now to (those) in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Translation: For you see, the law [was] weak, which [law] kept on being weak through the flesh.

The Law of Moses was weak and it was weak because of the flesh. We in the flesh cannot keep God’s perfect and righteous law. In fact, we cannot keep the Law even as believers (despite there being no condemnation of us).

Romans 8:3a For you see, the law [was] weak, which [law] kept on being weak through the flesh. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Translation: [Therefore] the God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh;...

Jesus was sent by God the Father, and He is in the likeness of sinful flesh. That is, Jesus is truly a man, although He certainly never sinned.

Translation: ...and concerning sin, He judged that sin in the flesh,...

Regarding this sin (and we have all sinned), God the Father judged those sins in the body of our Lord.

It is strictly the humanity of Jesus which took upon Himself out sins. His Deity could have no association with sin.

Translation: ...that the judgment of the law might be fulfilled in us,...

The judgment of the Law is said to be fulfilled in us. That is, we require judgment for not fulfilling the law, but Jesus fulfilled the Law and then took upon Himself our sins.

Translation: ...the (ones) who keep on walking, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Remember the overall objective of Paul. He is talking about how we live our lives in the Lord after being saved. Many of the Jews in Rome wanted to subject the gentile believers to their Law. There are even many churches and denominations today which want to subject us to the requirements of the Law (thank goodness, I was circumcised shortly after birth!).

Romans 8:3b–4 [Therefore] the God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh; and concerning sin, He judged that sin in the flesh, that the judgment of the law might be fulfilled in us, the (ones) who keep on walking, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

All of what Paul has been writing is about the Christian life after salvation. Jesus was sent here in the likeness of our sinful flesh. God the Father judged God the Son in His flesh, pouring out our sins on Him. This fulfills the judgment of the Law, as Jesus was judged for our sins. And, since there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, the Mosaic Law is set aside. It is a non-issue to believers, because Jesus fulfill the Law.

Romans 8:1–4 [There is] therefore, no condemnation now to (those) in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death. For you see, the law [was] weak, which [law] kept on being weak through the flesh. [Therefore] the God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh; and concerning sin, He judged that sin in the flesh, that the judgment of the law might be fulfilled in us, the (ones) who keep on walking, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Romans 8:1–4 There is therefore, no condemnation now to those who are in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death. You see, the Law kept on being weak through the flesh, as man was unable to keep the Law. Therefore, God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh (Jesus was not sinful, but He was truly a man). Therefore, with regards to sin, God judged our sins of the flesh, that the righteous judgment of the law might be fulfilled in us, we who keep on walking, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Kukis paraphrase)

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If you will recall Romans 7 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD), there seemed to be this law then that law, and then some other kind of law was worked into the mix. One thing that is clear as day in this passage is, for the believer, there are two things to be concerned with: the Spirit and the flesh; being spiritually-minded or fleshly-minded, concerning oneself with the things of the Spirit or with the things of the flesh. We are looking at strictly a binary system, like gender. You are one or the other; and this is defined by your birth.

Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:

Westcott-Hort Text (Greek)    For the (ones) according to the flesh, the (things) of the flesh they keep on understanding; but the (ones) according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit [they keep on understanding]. For the mindset of the flesh [is] death; but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace. Therefore, the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity against God, for to the Law of the God, [it is] not subordinate seeing [it is] not able. Now the (ones) in flesh keep on being to God to please [as] they are not able [to].

Complete Apostles Bible        For those who are fleshly set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.

Therefore the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not submit to the law of God, nor indeed can it.

And those that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) For they that are according to the flesh mind the things that are of the flesh: but they that are according to the spirit mind the things that are of the spirit.

For the wisdom of the flesh is death: but the wisdom of the spirit is life and peace.

Because the wisdom of the flesh is an enemy to God. For it is not subject to the law of God: neither can it be.

And they who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Holy Aramaic Scriptures        .

Original Aramaic NT              For those who are in the flesh are governed by the flesh, and those who are of The Spirit are governed by The Spirit.

For the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of The Spirit is life and peace,

Because the mind of the flesh is hatred toward God, for it is not subject to the law of God because it cannot be.

And those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Lamsa Peshitta (Syriac)         .

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit. 

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: 

Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be: 

So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

Bible in Worldwide English     Some people live the way their bodies want to live. They think only about the things their bodies want to do. Other people live the way the Spirit wants them to live. They think about the things the Spirit wants them to do.

If you keep your mind on the things your bodies want to do, you will die. But if you keep your mind on the things the Spirit wants, you will live and have peace.

People who think about the things of this life are Gods enemies. They do not obey Gods law. They cannot obey it.

People who do what their bodies want cannot please God.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  People who live following their sinful selves think only about what they want. But those who live following the Spirit are thinking about what the Spirit wants them to do. If your thinking is controlled by your sinful self, there is spiritual death. But if your thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace. Why is this true? Because anyone whose thinking is controlled by their sinful self is against God. They refuse to obey God's law. And really they are not able to obey it. Those who are ruled by their sinful selves cannot please God.

God’s Word™                         Those who live by the corrupt nature have the corrupt nature's attitude. But those who live by the spiritual nature have the spiritual nature's attitude. The corrupt nature's attitude leads to death. But the spiritual nature's attitude leads to life and peace. This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God's standards because it can't. Those who are under the control of the corrupt nature can't please God.

Good News Bible (TEV)         Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it. Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.

J. B. Phillips                           .

The Message                         .

NIRV                                      .

New Life Version                    .

Radiant New Testament        .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Version          .

Contemporary English V.       People who are ruled by their desires think only of themselves. Everyone who is ruled by the Holy Spirit thinks about spiritual things. If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace. Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws. If we follow our desires, we cannot please God.

Goodspeed New Testament  .

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Living Translation           .

The Passion Translation        Those who are motivated by the flesh only pursue what benefits themselves. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities.  For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace.  In fact, the mind-set focused on the flesh fights God’s plan and refuses to submit to his direction, because it cannot!  For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh.

Plain English Version             .

UnfoldingWord Simplified T.  People who live by their evil attitudes think about pay attention to those attitudes. But people who live by what God's Spirit wants think about the things of the Spirit instead. Those who think about and are concerned about what their evil attitude desires will not live forever. But those who want what God's Spirit desires will live forever and have peace. Let me explain this. To the extent that people want what their evil attitude desires, they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey his law. In fact, they are not even able to obey his law. The people who do what their evil attitude tells them cannot please God.

Williams’ New Testament      For people who live by the standard set by their lower nature are usually thinking the things suggested by that nature, and people who live by the standard set by the Spirit are usually thinking the things suggested by the Spirit. For to be thinking the things suggested by the lower nature means death, but to be thinking the things suggested by the Spirit means life and peace. Because one's thinking the things suggested by the lower nature means enmity to God, for it does not subject itself to God's law, nor indeed can it. The people who live on the plane of the lower nature cannot please God.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Breakthrough Version            You see, the people who are in line with the physical body focus on the things of the physical body, but the people who are in line with the Spirit focus on the things of the Spirit; for the focus of the physical body is death, but the focus of the Spirit is life and peace because the focus of the physical body is an enemy position to God. It doesn't place itself under God's law, you see, neither is it able to. The people who are in a physical body aren't able to satisfy God.

Common English Bible           .

Len Gane Paraphrase           Those following the flesh are interested in the things of the flesh, but those following the spirit [are interested in] the things of the spirit. To have a carnal mindset [is] death, but to have a spiritual mindset [is] life and peace. Because the carnal mind [is] hostile to God, because it does not submit to God's law, nor indeed can it. So then those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

A. Campbell's Living Oracles Now, they who live according to the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; and they who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. But the mind of the flesh is death; and the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: because the mind of the flesh is enmity toward God: for, to the law of God it is not subject; neither, indeed, can be. Those, then, who are in the flesh, can not please God.

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

NT for Everyone                     .

20^th Century New Testament They who follow their earthly nature are earthly-minded, while they who follow the Spirit are spiritually minded. To be earthly-minded means Death, to be spiritually minded means Life and Peace; Because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so. They who are earthly cannot please God.

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

An Understandable Version   .

Berean Study Bible                .

Christian Standard Bible        .

Conservapedia Translation    .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

Free Bible Version                 Those who follow their sinful nature are preoccupied with sinful things, but those who follow the Spirit concentrate on spiritual things. The sinful human mind results in death, but having the mind led by the Spirit results in life and peace. The sinful human mind is hostile to God because it refuses to obey the law of God—in fact it never can, and those who follow their sinful nature can never please God.

International Standard V        For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace. That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God’s Law because it is powerless to do so. Indeed, those who are under the control of human nature cannot please God.

Lexham Bible                         For those who are living according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those who are living according to the Spirit are intent on the things of the Spirit. For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace, because the mindset of the flesh is enmity toward God, for it is not subjected to the law of God, for it is not able to do so, and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

Montgomery NT                     For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things. To be earthly minded means death; To be spiritually minded means life and peace. For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be; And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

NIV, ©2011                             .

Riverside New Testament      For those who are living according to the flesh have their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are living according to the spirit have their minds on the things of the spirit. Fleshly mindedness is death, but spiritual mindedness is life and peace. Therefore fleshly mindedness is hostile to God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, nor can it be. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Leicester A. Sawyer’s NT      . minding of

The Spoken English NT         .

UnfoldingWord Literal Text    .

Urim-Thummim Version         For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. Because to be fleshly minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace. Because the fleshly mind is enmity against Elohim: for it is not subject to the Law of Elohim, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please Elohim.

Weymouth New Testament    For if men are controlled by their earthly natures, they give their minds to earthly things. If they are controlled by their spiritual natures, they give their minds to spiritual things. Because for the mind to be given up to earthly things means death; but for it to be given up to spiritual things means Life and peace. Abandonment to earthly things is a state of enmity to God. Such a mind does not submit to God's Law, and indeed cannot do so. And those whose hearts are absorbed in earthly things cannot please God.

Wikipedia Bible Project          Those who follow their sinful human nature are preoccupied with sinful things, but those who follow the Spirit concentrate on spiritual things. The sinful human way of thinking results in death, but thinking as the Spirit does leads to life and peace. Sinful human thinking is hostile to God because it refuses to be controlled by the law of God—in fact it never can be, and those who think from this sinful human perspective can never please God.

Worsley’s New Testament    .

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)  .

The Heritage Bible                 .

New American Bible (2011)   .

New Catholic Bible                 .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989   .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

Hebraic Roots Bible               For the ones that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh. And the ones according to Spirit mind the things of the Spirit. To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace; because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards YAHWEH; for it is not subject to the Torah of YAHWEH, for it is not possible to be so. And those being in the flesh are not able to please YAHWEH.

Holy New Covenant Trans.    People who follow human nature are thinking about the evil things which human nature wants. People who follow the Spirit are thinking about the things that the Spirit wants. The way human nature thinks is death, but the way the Spirit thinks is life and peace. The way human nature thinks is hatred for God. It doesn’t want to put itself under the law of God. It can’t! People controlled by human nature cannot please God.

The Scriptures 2009              For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the matters of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the matters of the Spirit.  For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.  Because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards Elohim, for it does not subject itself to the Torah of Elohim, neither indeed is it able, and those who are in the flesh are unable to please Elohim.

Tree of Life Version                For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Ruach set their minds on the things of the Ruach. For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Ruach is life and shalom. For the mindset of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not submit itself to the law of God—for it cannot. So those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Accurate New Testament       The [Men] for in flesh Being the [things] [of] the flesh think The [Men] but in spirit {Being} the [things] [of] the spirit {think} The for Mind [of] the flesh {is} Death The but Mind [of] the spirit {is} Life and Peace because The Mind [of] the flesh {is} Hostility to god [to] the for law [of] the god not [It] is subjected not for [It] has (ability) {to be subjected} The [Men] but in flesh Being god to please not have (ability)...

Alpha & Omega Bible            FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE FLESH, BUT THOSE WHO ARE ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT.

FOR THE MIND SET ON THE FLESH IS DEATH, BUT THE MIND SET ON THE SPIRIT IS LIFE AND PEACE,

BECAUSE THE MIND SET ON THE FLESH IS HOSTILE TOWARD THEOS (The Alpha & Omega); FOR IT DOES NOT SUBJECT ITSELF TO THE LAW OF THEOS (The Alpha & Omega), FOR IT IS NOT EVEN ABLE to do so,

AND THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FLESH CANNOT PLEASE THEOS (The Alpha & Omega).

Awful Scroll Bible                   For, they being according to the flesh, reason of that of the flesh, but they according to the Breath, of that of the Breath.

For fleshly reasoning is of death, but the reasoning of the Breath is Life and Peace.

Through-that, fleshly reasoning is hostile towards God, for it is not being arranged-under the Law of God, but- for it is -not able.

What is more, those being from-within the flesh, are not able to accommodate God.

Concordant Literal Version    For those who are in accord with flesh are disposed to that which is of the flesh, yet those who are in accord with spirit to that which is of the spirit."

For the disposition of the flesh is death, yet the disposition of the spirit is life and peace, because the disposition of the flesh is enmity to God, for it is not subject to the law of God, for neither is it able."

Now those who are in flesh are not able to please God.

exeGeses companion Bible   IN FLESH VS IN SPIRIT

For they being after flesh, think of the flesh;

and they after Spirit, of the Spirit.

For the thought of the flesh, is death;

but the thought of the spirit, life and shalom.

Because the thought of the flesh is enmity to Elohim:

for it neither subjugates to the torah of Elohim

nor indeed can.

So they who are in flesh, cannot please Elohim.

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

Orthodox Jewish Bible           For those who exist in terms of the basar take the side of the basar, whereas those who exist in terms of the Ruach [Hakodesh] take the side of the Ruach Hakodesh.

For the way of thinking of the basar is mavet (death), whereas the way of thinking of the Ruach Hakodesh is Chayyim and Shalom.

Because the way of thinking of the basar is hostility, eyvah (enmity BERESHIS 3:15) toward G-d, for it does not submit itself to the Torah of G-d; for it cannot.

And those who are in the basar are not able to please Hashem.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. For ||they who according to fleshʹ have their being||

    |The things of the flesh| do prefer,

But ||they according to the spirit||

    |The things of the spirit|;

For ||what is preferred by the flesh|| [is] death,

    Whereas ||what is preferred by the spirit|| [is] life and peace;—

Inasmuch as ||what is preferred by the flesh|| [is] hostile towards God,

    For ||unto the law of God|| it doth not submit itselfˎ neither in fact can it,—

||Theyˎ moreoverˎ who in fleshʹ have their being|| cannot please ||God||.

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

An Understandable Version   For those people who are [controlled] by the flesh think about [i.e., desire] what the flesh wants; but those who are [controlled] by the Holy Spirit [desire] what the Holy Spirit wants. For the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh will suffer [spiritual] death; but the one whose mind is [controlled] by the Holy Spirit will enjoy [never ending] life and peace. This is because the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh is an enemy of God; for he is not obedient to God’s law, and in fact, cannot obey it. And those people who are living according to the flesh cannot please God.

Brodie’s Expanded Trans.     For those who are dominated by the flesh [sin nature] keep thinking about the things [sin, human good, evil] of the flesh [human viewpoint], but those dominated by the Spirit the things [Bible doctrine] of the Spirit [divine viewpoint].

Consequently, the carnal thought pattern is spiritual death [through progressive stages of divine discipline], but the spiritual thought pattern [doctrinal way of thinking] is capacity for life and prosperity.

Because the carnal thought pattern [sin nature way of thinking] is hostile towards God, for it is not subordinate to the policy of God [Bible doctrine as our way of life], because it is not able [doesn’t have the capacity to do so].

Moreover, those [carnal & reversionistic believers] who are continually in the flesh are not able to please God .

The Expanded Bible              .

Jonathan Mitchell NT             You see, those continuously existing in accord with flesh (or: = in correspondence to Torah-keeping and cultural boundaries; or: = the human condition) habitually think about, have an understanding and outlook based upon, are inclined to, set their mind on and are disposed to the things of the flesh (= the human condition with its cultural traditions, religious cultus and national boundary markers), yet those in accord with spirit (or: down from [the] Spirit; on the level of Breath-effect; in line with [His] Attitude) [think about; have an outlook from] the things and matters of the spirit (or: the Spirit; Breath-effect; the Attitude).

For the result of the thinking (mind-set; effect of the way of thinking; disposition; result of understanding and inclination; the minding; the opinion; the thought; the outlook) of the flesh (= the human condition or the System of culture and cultus; or: = outward Torah ceremony) [is; brings] death, yet the result of the thinking (mind-set; disposition; thought and way of thinking; outlook) of the spirit (or: the Spirit; the Breath-effect; the Attitude) [is; brings] Life and Peace.

Because of that, the result of the thinking (disposition; thought processes; mind-set, outlook) of the flesh (= attention to Torah boundary-markers, custom and cultus; or: = the human condition) [is; brings] enmity, alienation and discord [streaming] into God (or: hostility unto, or active hatred with a view to, God), for it continues not being humbly aligned and supportive (habitually placed under and submitted; or, as a middle: subjecting, humbly arranging or marshaling itself) to the principle and law which is God (or: in God’s principle; by the Law from God), for neither is it able nor does it have power.

Now the folks continuously existing in the midst of (or: So people being in union with, or centered in,) flesh (= the alienated human condition; or: = the religious system involving flesh sacrifices, Torah boundary-markers/customs) have no power and are not able at any point to please God (or: to fit or adapt to God; or: to be content with God; or: to be acceptable in God).

P. Kretzmann Commentary    .

Syndein/Thieme                     .

Translation for Translators     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

Lexham Bible                         .

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible (2011)   .

The Passion Translation        .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

The Spoken English NT         After all, those who live in line with the flesh think about the flesh’s concerns, and those in line with the Spirit think about the Spirit’s concerns. And the flesh’s way of thinking is death. But the Spirit’s way of thinking is life and peace. That’s because the flesh’s way of thinking is hostile^b to God. That way of thinking doesn’t submit to God’s law. It just can’t do it. And those living in line with the flesh can’t please God.

b.Lit. “enmity.”

Wilbur Pickering’s New T.     Spirit X flesh
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. Further, the mind-set of the flesh yields death, but the mind-set of the Spirit yields life and peace; because the mind-set of the flesh represents enmity against God, since it does not submit to God’s law, nor indeed can it. So, those who are ‘in flesh’ cannot please God.⁴

(4) This is a ‘genetic’ incapability, so we need a new birth.

WEB — Messianic Edition       .

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  For those who walk according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but those who walk according to the Spirit mind the things of the Spirit.  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace, Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God; neither indeed can it be.  But those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Analytical-Literal Translation  .

Berean Literal Bible                .

Bill Puryear translation           For those who are [walking] in accordance with the flesh keep thinking about the things of the flesh, but those [who are walking] in accordance with the Spirit [keep thinking about] the things of the Spirit. Consequently the thought pattern of the flesh [is] death, but the thought pattern of the Spirit [is] life and prosperity, because the thought pattern of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subordinate to the policy of God, because it is not able [to be subordinate]. Moreover those who are under the authority of the flesh are not able to please God. V. 5 was placed with the previous passage for context.

C. Thomson updated NT        .

Charles Thomson NT             For the bent of the flesh is death; but the bent of the spirit is life and peace. Because the bent of the flesh is enmity to God, (for it is not in subjection to the law of God, nor indeed can be,) they therefore who are in a carnal state cannot please God. V. 5 was placed with the previous passage for context.

Context Group Version          .

English Standard Version      .

Far Above All Translation       For those who are according to the flesh concentrate on the interests of the flesh, but those who are according to the spirit concentrate on the interests of the spirit. For the mindset of the flesh is on a par with death, but the mindset of the spirit is on a par with life and peace. For the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.