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Patristic A.D. 457 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Rom 8:13 (INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS)

Theodoret of Cyrus, on Rom 8:13

Theodoret of Cyrus · c. A.D. 393–457

Rom 8:13 · Douay-Rheims

“For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.”

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“Paul does not say that we should mortify the flesh but "the deeds of the flesh," that is, the wisdom of the flesh, the attacks of the passions. For we have the grace of the Spirit to help us. Eternal life is the fruit of victory.”

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