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We Are Debtors

Romans 8:12-13

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Scott Postma
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“So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 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.” -Romans 8:12–13

By use of an antithetical enthymeme (one part of the antithetical argument is left off because it is so obvious) Paul conclu…

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