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ROMANS 8:38 ou;te evnestw/ta ou;te me,llonta ou;te duna,meij {A}
The Textus Receptus, following K L Y most minuscule manuscripts syrp
goth Chrysostom Theodoret Oecumenius Theophylact, places the word...
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Verse 38. _FOR I AM PERSUADED_] After the blessed experience we have
had of support by the grace and Spirit of him that loved us, that
neither fear of _death_, nor hope of _life_, nor evil _angels_, _...
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FOR I AM PERSUADED - I have a strong and unwavering confidence. Latin
Vulgate, “I am certain.” The expression here implies unwavering
certainty.
NEITHER DEATH - Neither the fear of death, nor all the...
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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. ...
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THE CHRISTIAN ASSURANCE.
Romans 8:28. One thing we do know, that all goes well for those that
love God including their worst sufferings (Romans 8:18; cf. Romans
5:3)....
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What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is
against us? The very God who did not spare his own Son but who
delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely
give...
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THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
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PERSUADED. Compare Romans 2:8 (obey). App-150.:2.
NEITHER, NOR. Greek. _oute._
PRINCIPALITIES. Greek. _arche._ See Ephesians 6:12.
POWERS. App-172 and App-176 :1.
PRESENT. Greek. _enistemi._ Elsewh...
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Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them:
Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
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_I am persuaded_ Same word as Romans 14:14, Rom 15:14; 2 Timothy 1:5;
2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 6:9. The word implies firm assurance on good
grounds. H
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The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life,
under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and
to GOD.
(12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
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ΘΆΝΑΤΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. None of the spiritual powers or influences
which beset men’s lives can separate; cf. Psalms 102 (103) 11 f.,
138 (139) 7 f. Behind all the powers, conditions, influences, is GOD
in His...
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31–39. The confidence inspired by this evidence of the love of
Christ and GOD. The love which is the ground of the whole relation of
GOD to man is shown in its intensity (31), and its power as reveale...
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ΠΈΠΕΙΣΜΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982)
убеждать; _pass._ убеждаться. _Perf._
предполагает действие в прошлом с
продолжающимся результатом,
ΕΝΕΣΤΏΤΑ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΈΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G1764)
вкла...
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DISCOURSE: 1881
PAUL’S ASSURANCE OF PERSEVERING
Romans 8:38. _I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come, nor hei...
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WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? &C.— To answer the
argument hence urged, to shew that man cannot fall from grace, because
if once they truly loved God, they cannot cease to do so in pri...
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_TEXT_
Romans 8:31-39. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for
us, who is against us? Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also w...
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For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
FOR I AM PERSUADED, THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, N...
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God's Sovereignty-Individual
37 God's love never lets us go. The trials and tribulations we endure
are not tokens of His displeasure. They are all tempered by His loving
heart. A sense of His lov...
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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...
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PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS] Jewish titles of angels, here evil angels: cp.
Ephesians 6:12; 1 Peter 3:22...
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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...
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(31-39) Now follows the sublime and triumphant conclusion from the
foregoing — expressed with passionate energy and with the most
intense consciousness of the reality of a Christian belief in
penetrat...
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NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE ... — The enumeration that follows is
intended to include (poetically rather than logically) every possible
category of being, especially those unseen powers of evil against
wh...
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CHAPTER 19
THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER IN THE SAINTS: THEIR PRESENT AND ETERNAL WELFARE
IN THE LOVE OF
Romans 8:26
IN the last paragraph the music of this glorious didactic prophecy
passed, in some solemn...
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Conclusion of the argument: the Apostle glories in the assurance of
God's eternal and unchangeable love in Jesus Christ.
οἴδαμεν δὲ = further, we know: in a sense this is one
ground more for believing...
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f. The Apostle's personal conviction given in confirmation of all that
has been said, especially of Romans 8:37. πέπεισμαι _cf._ 2
Timothy 1:12. οὔτε θάνατος οὔτε ζωὴ : death is
mentioned first, eithe...
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NO SEPARATION FROM CHRIST'S LOVE
Romans 8:31
This is the close of the Apostle's argument. He has shown that
believers are dear to God because they are in Christ; that their every
need has been antici...
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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...
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Certus sum, _Greek: pepeismai, persuasus sum. No one has an absolute
certainty that they shall be saved._...
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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...
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TWENTIETH PASSAGE (8:31-39). HYMN OF THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION.
This passage is a conclusion. The _then_ of Romans 8:31 indicates
this. This conclusion is directly connected with the previous teachin...
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“ _For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels_,
_nor principalities_, _nor things present, nor things to come, nor
powers_, _nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be a...
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What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be
against us? (32) He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up
for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all...
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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...
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_NO SEPARATION_
‘For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, s...
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38.He is now carried away into hyperbolic expressions, that he might
confirm us more fully in those things which are to be experienced.
Whatever, he says, there is in life or in death, which seems cap...
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"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...
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FOR I AM PERSUADED,.... These words with the following, express the
strong persuasion, and full assurance of faith the apostle had, that
nothing whatever could separate him and the rest of God's peopl...
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For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Ver. 38. _For I am persuaded_] Or, I am sure by what I have heard...
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_For I am persuaded_, &c. This period describes the full assurance of
hope, and the inference is made in admirable order; _neither death_
Terrible as it is to natural men, a violent death in particula...
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The assurance of God's unchangeable love in Christ Jesus:...
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FOR I AM PERSUADED THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR
PRINCIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME,...
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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...
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Here are some more things to add to the list of v. 35
Death = spearation of the soul from the body
Life = Greek "Zoe" and "Bios" (Zoe used here.)
Bios = alive vs. dead. Biologically alive
Zoe = li...
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FOR. AM PERSUADED, THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR
PRINCIPALITIES, NOR THINGS PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME, NOR POWERS,
"FOR. AM PERSUADED" -'I stand convinced' (Robertson p. 379) This is...
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32-39 All things whatever, in heaven and earth, are not so great a
display of God's free love, as the gift of his coequal Son to be the
atonement on the cross for the sin of man; and all the rest fol...
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FOR I AM PERSUADED; or, I am fully assured, not by any special
revelation, but by _the same spirit of faith, _ which is common to all
believers, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13. NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE; i.e. neith...
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For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,...
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Romans 8:38 For G1063 persuaded G3982 (G5769) that G3754 neither G3777
death G2288 nor G3777 life G2222 nor...
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THE BELIEVER CAN REST IN TOTAL ASSURANCE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT GOD IS
WORKING HIS PURPOSES OUT FROM BEGINNING TO END. HE CAN THEREFORE REST
IN THE CERTAINTY OF HIS LOVE WHATEVER BEFALLS (8:28-39).
Now...
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‘For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to
se...
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Romans 8:28-39. The _third_ ground of encouragement; the Christian has
nothing to fear, for nothing can separate him from the love of God
(see analysis above)....
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Romans 8:38. FOR I AM PERSUADED. In thus expressing his own triumphant
conviction, the Apostle not only sums up what precedes, but goes
further. The list here given exceeds the previous one; not only...
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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...
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2. GROUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ATTESTING THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY.
The life in the Spirit involves fellowship with Christ in suffering
and glory (Romans 8:17). The sufferings are present, while the glory...
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FOR I AM PERSUADED
(πεπεισμα γαρ). Perfect passive participle of πειθω,
"I stand convinced." The items mentioned are those that people dread
(life, death, supernatural powers, above, below, any cre...
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ANGELS
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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Romans 8:31
There are Three Stages in this Challenge of Faith.
I. Who shall our accuser be? Nothing will stop the accuser's mouth,
but the one mighty act of God's sovereign grace by which He acquits...
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Romans 8:38
I. To live by the doctrine of Easter is to make that foresight of
another world the standard by which we measure this world. Think of
all pleasures, of all solicitations, of all pursuits a...
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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...
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Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:_
Oh, how many these are! Want of memory, want of faith, want of
earnestness, ignorance, pride, deadness, coldness of heart, these are
s...
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Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God._
Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the
guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
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Romans 8:18. _For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
in us._
Paul made «the sufferings of this present time» into a...
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Romans 8:19. _For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God._
The whole creation is in a waiting posture, waiting for the glory yet
to be revealed.
Rom...
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Romans 8:23. _And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body._...
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Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:_
Our weaknesses, our insufficiencies, our inabilities: the Spirit of
God comes in to be a helper to the children of God.
Romans 8:26....
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Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
con...
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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...
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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...
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FOR I AM CERTAIN. Paul is certain that no hostile power in all the
universe can separate us from his love!!! NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE.
These go in pairs. "If Christ's love can hold us in and through dea...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:38 RULERS, POWERS. Probably angelic and
demonic authorities.
⇐...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the
letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Rom
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 8:36. WE ARE BEING KILLED.—To express the intensely present.
Romans 8:37.—Are triumphantly victorious. Have superabundant
strength.
Romans 8:38. FOR I AM PERSUADED, ETC.—To b...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 1 Peter
3:22;...
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Powers [α ρ χ α ι]. Angelic, higher than mere angels.
Things present [ε ν ε σ τ ω τ α]. Only in Paul and Hebrews
9:9. The verb literally means to stand in sight. Hence to impend or
threaten. So 2 Thes...
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SOME THINGS WE KNOW
Romans 8:26
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In the realms of the humanly unknowable and unknown, the Word of God
is sure and steadfast. We can say, "I know this," or, "I know that,"
when God...
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I am persuaded — This is inferred from Romans 8:34, in an admirable
order: — Neither death" shall hurt us; For "Christ is dead:" "Nor
life;" 'is risen" Nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers; nor...
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Our apostle concludes this excellent chapter with triumphant
expressions, as he had begun it; in the first verse he proclaims, that
there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus; here in t...