<p>8:6&nbsp;<i>For the mind of the flesh is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace</i>- The definition of &lsquo;walking after&rsquo; the flesh or spirit spoken of in 8:5. If we are in the sphere or realm of the Spirit, of Christ, then we will think about those things in our hearts. If we have believed, known to be true and felt the truth of those things which Paul has so far explained- we will have these things uttermost in our hearts, be enveloped by them. I take what Paul writes here to be a description of our status, rather than a command to be spiritually minded rather than carnally minded. For by status we are no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit (8:9). This fits the context of the argument so far in Romans- which has always been about a change of status, and our living in ever growing appreciation of that status change that has occurred. The mind of the flesh &ldquo;is death&rdquo;, here and now; whereas the mind or&nbsp;<i>phronema</i>&nbsp;of the Spirit &ldquo;is life&rdquo; here and now.&nbsp;<i>Phronema</i>&nbsp;means the inclination, the purpose, the intention. It doesn&rsquo;t mean that we will consciously think of spiritual things all the time (not that this is any bad aim or desire). Rather our intentions, inclinations, should be to the Spirit and not the flesh.</p>