The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
In the former verse we had a description of those that are carnal, and them that are spiritual. In this verse we have the end of the one, and the issue of the other; the end of the one is death, the issue of the other is spritual life, joy and peace. Observe, 1.
This is the triumph after that melancholy conflict in the foregoing chapter: sin remaining, but blessed be God, not ruining. I do not say there is no accusation against us, but the indictment is quashed; not that nothing in us deserves condemnation, but that it shall not be our ruin. We are in Christ Jesus as in our city of refuge, and through His satisfaction to the law, God is well pleased with us.
AI summary
Commenting on Romans 8:1-9
For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace. (7) He demonstrates what follows from his argument: because whatever the flesh savours, that brings about death: and whatever the Spirit savours, that is conducive to joy and everlasting life.