Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Romános (8,8-17)
Fratres: Qui in carne sunt, Deo placére non possunt. Vos autem in carne non estis sed in Spíritu, si tamen Spíritus Dei hábitat in vobis. Si quis autem Spíritum Christi non habet, hic non est eíus. Si autem Christus in vobis est, corpus quidem mórtuum est propter peccátum, Spíritus vero vita propter iustítiam. Quod si Spíritus eíus, qui suscitávit Iésum a mórtuis, hábitat in vobis, qui suscitávit Christum a mórtuis vivificábit et mortália córpora vestra per inhabitántem Spíritum suum in vobis. Ergo, fratres, debitóres sumus non carni, ut secúndum carnem vivámus. Si enim secúndum carnem vixéritis, moriémini; si autem Spíritu ópera córporis mortificátis, vivétis. Quicúmque enim Spíritu Dei agúntur, hi fílii Dei sunt. Non enim accepístis spíritum servitútis íterum in timórem, sed accepístis Spíritum adoptiónis filiórum, in quo clamámus: “Abba, Pater!” Ipse Spíritus testimónium reddit una cum spíritu nostro, quod sumus fílii Dei. Si autem fílii, et herédes: herédes quidem Dei, coherédes autem Christi, si tamen compátimur, ut et conglorificémur.
Brethren: they that are in the flesh, cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, yet if the Spirit of God dwell in you. But if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, the same is not his. But if Christ be in you; the body indeed is dead because of sin, but the spirit liveth because of justification. And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you; he that raised up Jesus Christ from the dead, shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit dwelling in you. Therefore brethren, we are debters, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 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. For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For you have not received the spirit of servitude again in fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, wherein we cry: Abba, (Father). For the Spirit himself, giveth testimony to our spirit, that we are the sons of God. And if sons, heirs also; heirs truly of God, and coheirs of Christ: yet if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.
