Romans 8:13 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;
English ASV
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
English Amplified
For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
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.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
because if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live:
English EASY 2024
If you agree to live in that way, you will die. Instead, you should let God's Spirit help you with his power. Then you can stop doing the wrong things that your bodies want to do. As a result, you will have life with God.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
If you use your lives to do what your sinful selves want, you will die spiritually. But if you use the Spirit's help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, you will have true life.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
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.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live.
English God's Word - GW 1995
If you live by your corrupt nature, you are going to die. But if you use your spiritual nature to put to death the evil activities of the body, you will live.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
English KJV 1611
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
English LSB
for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die, but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the practices of the body, you will live.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if through the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
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.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
(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.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
If you live under the control of your sinful nature, you will die. But by the power of the Holy Spirit you can put to death the sins your body commits. Then you will live.
English NIV
For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
English NKJ 1982
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.
English NLT
For if you keep on following it, you will perish. But if through the power of the Holy Spirit you turn from it and its evil deeds, you will live.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
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.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste his abundant life.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
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.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
For if you keep on following it you are lost and will perish, but if through the power of the Holy Spirit you crush it and its evil deeds, you shall live.
English Tyndale 1537
For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die. But if ye mortify the deeds of the body, by the help of the spirit, ye shall live,