en_tn/rom/08/06.md

Connecting Statement:

Paul continues to contrast the flesh with the Spirit we now have.

the mind set on the flesh ... the mind set on the Spirit

Here Paul speaks of both the "flesh" and the "spirit" as if they were living persons. AT: "the way sinful people think ... the way people who listen to the Holy Spirit think" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

death

Here this means the separation of a person from God.

Those who are in the flesh

This refers to people who do what their sinful nature tells them to do.