John Trapp Complete Commentary
Romans 8:4
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Ver. 4. Might be fulfilled] In us applicative, in Christ inhaesive.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Ver. 4. Might be fulfilled] In us applicative, in Christ inhaesive.
Verse Romans 8:4. _THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED_ _IN US_] That the guilt might be pardoned through the merit of that sacrifice; and that we might be enabled, by the power of h...
THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW - That we might be conformed to the Law, or be obedient to its requirements, and no longer under the influence of the flesh and its corrupt desires. MIGHT BE FULFILL...
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
There is, therefore, now no condemnation against those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law which comes from the Spirit and leads to life has in Christ Jesus set me free from the law which begets sin...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
THAT. In order that. Greek. _hina._ RIGHTEOUSNESS. righteous requirement. App-191. FULFILLED. App-125. FLESH. the old nature....
_that the righteousness of the law_, &c. Here is the (for us) Final Cause of the Atonement. Both as a satisfaction of the Law as regards God, and as the manifestation and pledge of Divine Love as rega...
ἽΝΑ. The object of the sending and the condemnation of sin. ΤῸ ΔΙΚΑΊΩΜΑ, the righteous claim of the law. The law as GOD‘s revealed will has a claim over man: the same act which repudiated the claim o...
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...
ΔΙΚΑΊΩΜΑ (G1345) справедливое требование, повеление (_см._ Romans 1:32). ΠΛΗΡΩΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) наполнять, исподнять, ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходи...
DISCOURSE: 1858 CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF OUR SANCTIFICATION Romans 8:3. _What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for...
THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW, &C.— Δικαιωμα, _righteousness,_ here seems to be used in the most extensive sense, and may signify both moral righteousness, and the consequence of it, salvation, (s...
_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...
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. THAT ('IN ORDER THAT') THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW, [not dikaiosunee (G1343), but di...
__ 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...
8:4 requirement (e-6) 'Righteous requirement,' as ch. 1.32; not the 'habit of righteousness.'...
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...
RIGHTEOUSNESS] RV 'ordinance.'...
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...
The consequence of this was a great change. Hitherto the Law could not be kept because of the antagonistic influence of the flesh; henceforth it may be kept for the reason that this influence has ceas...
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...
All this was done ἵνα τὸ δικ. τοῦ νόμου πληρωθῇ ἐν ἡμῖν : that the just requirement of the law (_i.e._, a righteous life) might be fulfilled in us. See note on Romans 3:31. ἐν ἡμῖν (not ὑφʼ ἡμῶν), for...
The Spirit as the principle of righteousness and life....
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...
That the (l) righteousness of the law might be fulfilled (5) in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (l) The very substance of the law of God might be fulfilled, or that same which...
_That the justification of the law. That is, that was aimed at, but never attained to, by the written law, might now be fulfilled in us; that is, that we, by the grace of Christ, may be enabled to ful...
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...
VV. 1-4 describe the restoration of _holiness_ by the Holy Spirit; and Romans 8:5-11 show how from this destruction of _sin_ there follows that of _death._ Thus are destroyed the two last enemies of s...
SEVENTEENTH PASSAGE (8:1-11). THE VICTORY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OVER SIN AND DEATH....
The relation we have just indicated between Romans 8:3-4 forbids us to give here to δικαίωμα, _what the law lays down as just_, the meaning of: _sentence of absolution_, which some, and Philippi most...
“ _For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh God sending His own Son in the likeness of a flesh of sin, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteousness presc...
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (2) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free fr...
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...
4._That the justification of the law might be fulfilled_, _etc. _They who understand that the renewed, by the Spirit of Christ, fulfil the law, introduce a gloss wholly alien to the meaning of Paul; f...
"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...
THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US,.... By the righteousness of the law, is not meant the righteousness of the ceremonial law, though that was fulfilled by Christ; but of the m...
_For what the law could not do_ Το γαρ αδυνατον του νομου, _what was impossible to the_ Mosaic _law_, whether moral or ceremonial; that is, that freedom from the guilt and power of sin, and from spiri...
THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US; that we might be brought into that state of true righteousness which the law requires. The apostle, as the context shows, has immediate refe...
THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT. "Therefore," an inference especially from the last verse of the preceding chapter. For s...
THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. Walking after the Spirit:...
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...
THAT THE ORDINANCE OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT. "THAT" -in order that, with this purpose in mind. God sent His Son to die for sin, 'in order...
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...
THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US: here is another end of God's sending his Son, as before; it was that he might perfectly fulfil the righteousness of the law in or for us, wh...
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [For what the law could not possibly do (viz.: condemn sin in the flesh, so as to destroy it...
Romans 8:4 that G2443 requirement G1345 law G3551 fulfilled G4137 (G5686) in G1722 us G2254 not G3361 walk...
‘That the ordinance (requirement) of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.' And the consequence of what He has done is that the ordinance of the Law is...
Romans 8:4. THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW. The word ‘righteousness' is that used in chap. Romans 5:16; Romans 5:18, in the sense of ‘righteous verdict,' or, ‘righteous act,' and in...
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...
THE ORDINANCE OF THE LAW (το δικαιωμα του νομου). "The requirement of the law."MIGHT BE FULFILLED (ινα πλερωθη). Purpose of the death of Christ by ινα and first aorist passive subjunctive of πληρ...
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._ My hearers, we are each of us, by nature, under the condemn...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
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._ Some people talk about «getting out of the 7 th chapter, in...
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...
SO THAT THE RIGHTEOUS DEMANDS OF THE LAW. Paul said the Law was spiritual (Romans 7:12; Romans 7:14). It offered life to all who kept it PERFECTLY, but crushed all who violated its righteous demands....
_For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh._ THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW I. The Divine purpose for man, whether in the old testament or the new, is the same. The reader who...
_That the righteousness of the law might he fulfilled in us._ RIGHTEOUSNESS FULFILLED I. The design of God in thus, by Christ, condemning sin in the flesh. The penalty of the law is fulfilled in us w...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:4 RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW... FULFILLED. This could mean the requirement is fulfilled in the new life that Christians live on the basis of Christ’s work. It could also...
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 8:3.—The flesh of Christ alone is sinless. “Created in the likeness of sinful flesh,” that He might be in all points tempted as men are. Romans 8:4.—Might be fulfilled, be ac...
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 John 3:2; Colossians 1:22; Ephesians 5:26; Ephesians 5:27;...
Righteousness [δ ι κ α ι ω μ α]. Rev., ordinance. Primarily that which is deemed right, so as to have the force of law; hence an ordinance. Here collectively, of the moral precepts of the law : its ri...
That the righteousness of the law — The holiness it required, described, Romans 8:11. Might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit — Who are guided in all our thoughts,...
Our apostle here assigns another end and cause, for which God sent his Son into the world; namely, to do what the law commanded, as well as to suffer what the law threatened; perfectly to fulfil the r...