The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
John 6:68Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Acts 5:20"Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life."
2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Treasury of Scripture
It is the spirit that vivifies; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
the spirit.
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
the flesh.
Romans 2:25
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Romans 3:1,2
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? …
1 Corinthians 11:27-29
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord…
the words.
John 6:68
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 12:49,50
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak…
Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
