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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 8
Law of Christ brings life and peace—Those adopted as sons of God become
joint-heirs with Christ—God's elect are foreordained to eternal
life—Christ makes intercession for man.
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1 THERE is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
awalk not after the bflesh, but after the
cSpirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me afree from the law of sin and
deatha.
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3 For what the law could not do, in that it was
aweak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful bflesh, and for sin, condemned sin in
the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
aSpirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do
amind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the
Spirit the things of the Spirit.
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6 For to be acarnally minded
is bdeath; but to be cspiritually
minded is life and dpeace.
7 Because the acarnal mind is
benmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are ain the
flesh cannot please God.
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9 aBut ye are not in the flesh, but
in the Spirit, if so be that the bSpirit of God
cdwell in you. Now if any man have not the
dSpirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if aChrist be in you,
bthe body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit
is life because of crighteousness.
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11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in youa,
he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also aquicken
your bmortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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11a if the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in you Here is a 'mystery' then of how
God and the power thereof does work in, by and through man. This 'Spirit'
which may come and dwell within us is that Spirit of the thrid member of the
Godhead, the Holy Ghost. It is my that Spirit which the priesthood and power
of God is regulated according to that Spirit which communes between God and
man. By that Spirit is the well of God made manifest, even the Spirit of
Revelation which the Holy Ghost is. And by that Spirit, as was accomplished
in Christ, was Jesus whose body was dead, was Jesus raised up, the Spirit
giving life to the body which life of the blood was lost. Thus by the
ordinance of resurrection, by that priesthood which is governed by the Holy
Ghost unto man from God, which Holy Spirit gives and reveals unto man all
the things of God; was Christ Jesus raised up. The Spirit being within him
that the power was in himself that he might again live and this time in the
flesh and bone of immortality without the corruption of the blood of the
natural man.
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12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye
ashall die: but if ye through the Spirit do
bmortify the deeds of the
bodya, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are aled by the
bSpirit of God, they are the csons of
God.
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13a the deeds of the body The
controlling of the deeds or works of the body by the spirit is unto eternal
life. This is the works of the spirit unto life and how it is that faith
without such righteous works is dead as to the higher rewards of God.
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15 For ye have not received the spirit of
abondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
badoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth
awitness with our bspirit, that we are
the cchildren of God:
17 And if children, then heirs;
aheirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that
we bsuffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
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18 For I reckon that the
asufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the bglory which shall be
revealed cin us.
19 For the aearnest expectation of
the bcreature waiteth for the
cmanifestation of the sons of God.
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20 For the creature was made subject to
avanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath
subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the acreature itself
also shall be bdelivered from the bondage of
ccorruption into the glorious dliberty of
the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation
agroaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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23 And not only they, but ourselves also,
awhich have the bfirstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
cadoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by ahope: but
hope that is bseen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why
doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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26 Likewise the Spirit also
ahelpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should
bpray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
cintercession for us with dgroanings
which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that asearcheth the
hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
bintercession for the saints according to the will
of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for
agood to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
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29 aFor whom he did
bforeknow, he also cdid predestinate
dto be conformed to the eimage of
his Son, that he might be the ffirstborn among many
brethren.
30 Moreover whom he adid
predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God
abe for us, who can be against us?
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32 He that spared not his own aSon,
but bdelivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him
also freely give us call things?
33 Who shall alay any thing to the
charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
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34 Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh aintercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the
alove of Christ? shall
btribulation, or distress, or
cpersecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are
akilled all the day long; we are accounted as
bsheep for the slaughter.
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37 Nay, in all these things we are
amore than bconquerors through him that
loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to
come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to aseparate us from the
blove of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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