Thomas Aquinas, on Rom 8:13

“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.”

“Then when he says, "for if you live according to the flesh," he gives the reason for the above conclusion. And first, as to the flesh, saying, "if you live according to the flesh," namely, by following the desires of the flesh, "you will die," namely, the death of guilt in the present and the death of damnation in the future: "she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives" (1 Tim 5:6). Second, he gives a reason as to the spirit, saying, "but if by the spirit," i.e., through the spirit, "you mortify the deeds of the flesh," i.e., deeds which flow from the desires of the flesh, "you will live," namely, the life of grace in the present and the life of glory in the future: "put to death what is earthly in you" (Col 3:5); "those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires" (Gal 5:24).”

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