"Death by Water" Annotations
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"Gentile or Jew" refers the reader to [[Romans 3]]: 9-12 | "Gentile or Jew" refers the reader to [[Romans 3]]: 9-12 | ||
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| + | 9. You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. | ||
| + | And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. | ||
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| + | 10. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of | ||
| + | righteousness. | ||
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| + | 11. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give | ||
| + | life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. | ||
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| + | 12. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. | ||
