Cross references

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

Romans 6:12 BSB

Romans 6:12 has 33 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Galatians 5:16 (25 votes) and Romans 6:16 (14 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Leviticus 13 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Romans 6:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 33, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

  2. Romans 6:1614 votes

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

  3. Romans 8:1312 votes

    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.

  4. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  5. Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. …

  6. Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  7. Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

  8. Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

  9. For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

  10. Romans 2:85 votes

    But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

  11. Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

  12. All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

  13. to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  14. Titus 2:125 votes

    It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

  15. Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

Which verses point to Romans 6:12?

The 10 strongest of 24.