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Romans 8:7
because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither, indeed, can be.
because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither, indeed, can be.
Verse Romans 8:7. _BECAUSE THE CARNAL MIND IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD_] Because it is a _carnal mind_, and relishes earthly and sinful things, and lives in opposition to the pure and holy law of God: there...
BECAUSE - This is given as a reason for what is said in Romans 8:6. In that verse the apostle had affirmed that to be carnally minded was death, but he had not stated why it was. He now explains it by...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_ 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
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 was _all_ co
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
Those who live according to the dictates of sinful human nature are absorbed in worldly human things. Those who live according to the dictates of the Spirit are absorbed in the things of the Spirit. T...
CARNAL MIND. minding of the flesh, as Romans 8:6. ENMITY. Greek. _echthra._ Here, Luke 23:12.Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:20;...
_Because_ The _reason_of the radical difference of the two "minds" is now further shewn by a description of the essential condition of the "mind of the flesh." _the carnal mind_ Lit. THE MIND OF THE...
ΤῸ ΦΡ. ΤΗ͂Σ ΣΑΡΚῸΣ ἜΧΘΡΑ ΕἸΣ ΘΕΌΝ. As before, it is the flesh as usurping and absorbing man’s whole interest which is in question, not the flesh in general....
The power is the indwelling spirit. (1) It follows from this examination of man’s state under law, that in our present state, as effected by GOD, those who are made one with Christ Jesus are not under...
ΔΙΌΤΙ (G1360) потому что. ΈΧΘΡΑ (G2189) ненависть, враждебность, активная вражда. ΎΠΟΤΆΣΣΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΎΠΟΤΆΣΣΩ (G677) _pass._ быть в подчинении, покоряться....
DISCOURSE: 1861 VILENESS AND IMPOTENCY OF THE NATURAL MAN Romans 8:7. _The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in...
THE CARNAL MIND— Φρονημα της σαρκος should have been translated here _to be carnally-minded,_ as it is in the foregoing verse; which is justified by φρονουσι τα της σαρκος, _do mind the things of the...
_TEXT_ Romans 8:1-11. There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of deat...
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. BECAUSE THE CARNAL MIND IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD. The desire and pursuit of carnal ends...
__ Conciliation-Individual 13 From the supposition that the law being holy and just and good, involved him in death. it seems that what is good may become the cause of death. But such is not the cas...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to...
CARNAL MIND] RV 'mind of the flesh.'...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 8 THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39 FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4 V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
(1-11) A result is thus attained which the law of Moses could not accomplish, but which is accomplished in the gospel. The Christian is entirely freed from the law of sin and death, and from the conde...
(5-8) Further description of the antithesis between flesh and spirit in regard to (1) their object, Romans 8:5; (2) their nature, Romans 8:7; (3) their end, Romans 8:6....
The carnal mind is death — because it implies enmity with God, and enmity with God _is_ death....
CHAPTER 17 THE JUSTIFIED: THEIR LIFE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT Romans 8:1 THE sequence of the eighth chapter of the Epistle on the seventh is a study always interesting and fruitful. No one can read the tw...
The Spirit as the principle of righteousness and life....
f. The reason why the mind of the flesh terminates so fatally: it is hostility to God, the fountain of life. Alienation from Him is necessarily fatal. It is the flesh which does not (for indeed it can...
NEW LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Romans 8:1 This may fitly be called the “chapter of the Holy Spirit.” The Apostle has carefully kept this great theme in the background till he has well prepared the ground, by...
The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the n...
(8) Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: (9) for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. (8) A reason and proof why the wisdom of the flesh is death: because, he says,...
“ _Because the aspiration of the flesh is enmity against God: for it doth not submit itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it. And they that are in the flesh cannot please God._ ” The flesh ten...
SEVENTEENTH PASSAGE (8:1-11). THE VICTORY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OVER SIN AND DEATH....
THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the _oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (7) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
7._Because the minding of the flesh, _(247) _etc. _He subjoins a proof of what he had stated, — that nothing proceeds from the efforts of our flesh but death, because it contends as an enemy against t...
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
BECAUSE THE CARNAL MIND IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD,.... These words contain a reason why the issue of carnal mindedness is death; because the carnal mind, the wisdom of the flesh, is not only an enemy, but...
Because the carnal mind _is_ enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Ver. 7. _Because the carnal mind_] The best of a bad man is not only averse, but utter...
_For_ Or rather, _now; they that are after the flesh_ The apostle having, Romans 8:1, described those to whom _there is no condemnation_, as persons _who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit...
IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD; opposed to his character and will. If it were not, it would love and obey him. NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF GOD; it does not yield obedience, but acts in opposition to what he req...
DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decidedly...
Now - present tense no condemnation - conditional walk- multiple choice a] after Spirit b] after flesh 2 Two laws - Spirit of life, Sin and death 3 The law - (of sin and death) weak in the flesh Go...
THE CARNAL MIND: _ Gr._ the minding of the flesh...
BECAUSE THE MIND OF THE FLESH IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD; FOR IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF GOD, NEITHER INDEED CAN IT BE: "BECAUSE" -the reason why 'setting the mind on the flesh results in death'. "ENM...
1-9 Believers may be chastened of the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. What is the principle of their walk; the flesh o...
Neither can the carnal man look for any better issue, BECAUSE THE CARNAL MIND IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD. He doth not say it is an enemy, but in the abstract, it is ENMITY, which heightens and intends the...
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be :...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV And whom He did predestinate, them He also called; and whom He called, them He also justified; and whom He justified, them He also glorified."[68] Origen de Pr...
Romans 8:7 Because G1360 carnal G4561 mind G5427 enmity G2189 against G1519 God G2316 for G1063 is G5293 not...
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT IS CONSIDERED, LEADING UP TO THE ASSURANCE OF LIFE THROUGH THE TRIUNE GOD AND A DECLARATION OF OUR SONSHIP AND HEIRSHIP (8:5-17). Reference to ‘walking not after...
‘Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.' And this is because having the m...
3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ . This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is a...
1. _The Life in the Spirit contrasted with the Life after the Flesh._ The Christian is free from condemnation (Romans 8:1), because he is freed from the law of sin (Romans 8:2), a result which the law...
Romans 8:7. BECAUSE THE MIND (same word as in Romans 8:6) OF THE FLESH. Proof that the mind of the flesh is death (Romans 8:6); in Romans 8:10-11, it i
IS NOT SUBJECT (ουχ υποτασσετα). Present passive indicative of υποτασσω, late verb, military term for subjection to orders. Present tense here means continued insubordination.NEITHER INDEED CAN IT...
Romans 8:1 In the verses before us three points are touched on regarding the gospel as God's power to sanctify. These are: (1) The preliminary work which had to be done by the coming of Christ, or the...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it should be so. To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,_ Observe that Paul writes «There is therefore,» for he is stating a truth which is founded upon solid argument....
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
This precious chapter reminds us of the description of the land of Havilah, «where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good.» Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which...
This wonderful chapter is the very cream of the cream of Holy Scripture. What a grand key-note the apostle strikes in the first verse! Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them whic...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ My hearers, we are each of us, by nature, under the condemn...
CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
AND SO A MAN BECOMES AN ENEMY OF GOD. Human nature is hostile to God. All who ALLOW themselves to be slaves to their human nature find it impossible to obey God's law....
_Because the carnal mind is enmity against God._ THE CARNAL MIND I. Its attitude towards God. 1. Enmity. (1) Hating the thought of God. (2) Resisting the grace of God. 2. Insubordination--transg...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:1 Paul celebrates the new life of the Spirit that Christians enjoy as a result of Christ’s saving work. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:5.—The state is indicated in Romans 7:25, when the mind can serve the law of God, and only the flesh is subject to the law of sin. Romans 8:6. CARNALLY MINDED (φρόνημα τῆς σ...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ _Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be referred to in...
Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as we take off. In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 9:21; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:16;...
Powers or influences alien or averse from the divine Spirit, but with some qualifying word. Thus, the spirit of the world; another spirit; spirit of slumber. Romans 11:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinth...
Enmity against God — His existence, power, and providence....
By the carnal mind are meant the rational powers corrupted by our sensitive appetite, or. mind enslaved by sensual lust. Such. temper of mind is opposite to, yea, enmity against God and goodness. Lear...