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Romans 8:1-1 Chronicles : . The New Man in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1 . “ Therefore now”— sin’ s captive escapes! “ No condemnation” : Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20, Romans 7:14-Jeremiah : was all condemnation! “ Those in Christ Jesus” ; see Romans 6:3-1 Kings :.

Romans 8:2 . “ The law of the Spirit” ( cf. “ law of faith,” Romans 3:27 *) . . . “ emancipated me ( cf. Romans 6:18) from the law of sin and death” ( Romans 5:12-2 Chronicles : *, Romans 7:5; Romans 7:22; Romans 7:24).

Romans 8:3 f. “ Through the mission of Christ God has inflicted on sin the condemnation which the law, disabled by the flesh, endeavoured vainly,” and did it “ in that” very “ flesh” which was sin’ s stronghold ( Romans 6:6, Romans 7:18, etc.).—“ Likeness of sinful flesh” signifies a life incarnate but sinless; the elliptical “ (sacrifice) for sin” (see Lev., passim) adds the Atonement to the Incarnation (see Romans 4:25, Romans 5:6-1 Kings :; also Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 10:6, where the phrase reappears): together they wrought God’ s judgment upon sin, in such a way “ that the righteous demand of the law might be fulfilled in us,” etc. God’ s holy law, after all, gets its own ( cf. Romans 3:31); while our sin is condemned, we pass through justification into a new life of righteousness under the Spirit’ s rule.—“ The (Holy) Spirit” appeared incidentally in Romans 5:5; Romans 8 is the chapter of the Holy Ghost.

Romans 8:5-Ruth : contrasts “ the spiritual with “ the carnal walk” in their respective “ temper” (mind), and their issue, “ death,” in contrast with “ life and peace” ( cf. Romans 6:23, Romans 5:1). Death results from “ the fleshly mind,” because it “ is enmity toward God, insubordination to His law,” and consequent “ incapacity to please Him” ( Romans 8:7 f.; Psalms 90:7-1 Samuel :; Psalms 92:9, etc.).

Romans 8:9 . Those in whom “ the Spirit of God dwells” ( cf. 1 Corinthians 3:16)— the vital element common to Head and members ( cf. Romans 9:6 with 1 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12 f., Ephesians 4:3-Joshua :)— have escaped this fatal condition.— In ch. 6 faith, here the Spirit, identifies men with Christ.

Romans 8:10 f. “ The body” too will share in this redemption. For the present, the “ living spirit” ( cf. Romans 6:10 f.) inhabits a “ moribund body; righteousness” characterises the one, while “ sin dooms the other. But the “ resurrection of Jesus” promises, “ the indwelling Spirit” guarantees, “ life” even to “ the mortal body” ( cf. Romans 8:23, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:13 f.).— Read, in Romans 8:11, “ because of His Spirit” ( mg.) .

Romans 8:12 f.— On the above grounds, you recognise “ no obligation to the flesh,” but only “ to the Spirit,” by whose aid you “ must put to death” those “ doings of the body” ( cf. Romans 6:6, Romans 7:18-Jeremiah :, Colossians 3:5) the practice of which meant “ death” for you ( cf. Romans 2:6, Ephesians 2:1). See pp. 811 f.