As their human nature tells them to. Those who live without Christ are described in Galatians 5:19-21. As the Spirit tells them to. The Spirit tells us what we should know through the written word! It is not fear of punishment which makes us live as the Spirit tells us, but LOVE (1 John 4:18).
Verse Romans 8:5. _FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH_] And here is the great distinction between _Jews_ and _genuine Christians_: the former are _after the flesh_-are under the power of the carnal, r...
FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH - They that are under the influence of the corrupt and sinful desires of the flesh; Galatians 5:19. Those who are unrenewed. DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH - They a...
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...
ARE: i.e. live. DO MIND. set affection on. Greek. _phroneo_. Occurs ten times in Romans; here, Romans 12:3; Romans 12:3; Romans 12:12; Rom
_they that are_ This "_being_after the flesh" is the state of which "_walking_after the flesh" is the exhibition and proof. St Paul here, and in a measure to the close of Romans 8:11, expands and illu...
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...
5. ΓᾺΡ. Explains how walking after spirit leads to the fulfilment of the claim of law, by a series of contrasted clauses. ΟἹ ΓᾺΡ ΚΑΤᾺ ΣΆΡΚΑ ὌΝΤΕΣ. Those who take flesh for their standard of reference...
ΌΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Part, в роли _subst._ ΦΡΟΝΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΡΟΝΈΩ (G5426) думать, настраивать свой ум или сердце на что-л., применять свои способности к вду...
DISCOURSE: 1859 THE CARNAL AND THE SPIRITUAL MAN COMPARED Romans 8:5. _They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit_. IT...
_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...
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER ('ACCORDING TO') THE FLESH - under the domin...
__ 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...
THINGS OF THE FLESH] i.e. things merely human: cp. Matthew 16:23 merely earthly: cp. Mark 4:19; Philippians 3:19 or absolutely sinful: cp. Galati
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...
THEY THAT ARE ... — Those who not only walk (direct their conduct) according to the promptings of the flesh, but who are in themselves and in the whole bent of their dispositions the slaves of these p...
(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....
(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...
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 meaning of the sentence “is not contained in the repetitions of γὰρ by which it is hooked together” (Jowett). οἱ κατὰ σάρκα ὄντες are those whose nature is determined simply by the flesh; their “m...
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...
(6) For they that are after the (m) flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (6) A reason why walking after the flesh does not agree to thos...
For the who are according to the flesh. That is, who live according to the false, vain, and deceitful maxims and customs of carnal men, which he also calls the prudence of the flesh: and this prudence...
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 they that are after the flesh aspire after the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit aspire after the things of the Spirit. For the aspiration of the flesh is death; but the a...
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...
5._For they who are after the flesh, etc. _He introduces this difference between the flesh and the Spirit, not only to confirm, by an argument derived from what is of an opposite character, what he ha...
"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...
FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH,.... By flesh is meant the corruption of nature; and they may be said to be "after" it, not all that have flesh in them, for the best of saints have it in them; regen...
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. Ver. 5. _Do mind the things_] For want of a better principle. The strea...
_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...
AFTER THE FLESH; fleshly in their character. DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH; devote themselves to fleshly objects. Their outward conduct flows from their inward character, as a stream from a fountain...
FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH; BUT THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE SPIRIT, THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT....
The difference between the carnal mind and the spiritual mind:...
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...
FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH; BUT THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE SPIRIT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. "MIND" -to give our time and attention to. (Whiteside p. 171) 'People who a...
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...
FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH; i.e. that are carnal and unregenerate persons, in a mere natural state. DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH; either such things as are absolutely evil, and are called, _...
For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. [For they that live carnal lives indulge the lustful, evil desires of the f...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul and men on its account are censured as carnal,[269] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V , while explaining in what sense he would not have us "live in the flesh," al...
Romans 8:5 For G1063 live G5607 (G5752) according G2596 flesh G4561 minds G5426 (G5719) things G3588 flesh...
‘For those who are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh, but those who are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.' The test of whether we walk after the flesh or after the Spirit is reveal...
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...
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...
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...
Romans 8:5. FOR THEY, etc. In chap. 7 the contrast was between the workings of the law and the flesh in the same person; in Romans 8:5-8 the Apostle contrasts two classes of persons; snowing why the r...
DO MIND (φρονουσιν). Present active indicative of φρονεω, to think, to put the mind (φρην) on. See Matthew 16:23; Romans 12:16. For the contrast between σαρξ and πνευμα, see Galatians 5:16-24....
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,_ 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._ 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...
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...
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...
_For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh._ DESCRIPTION OF REGENERATE AND UNREGENERATE The word “flesh” is here to be taken not in the natural sense, but in the moral; and th...
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 15:48; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 10:3; 2 Peter 2:10;...
A power or influence, the character, manifestations, or results of which are more peculiarly defined by qualifying genitives. Thus spirit of meekness, faith, power, wisdom. Romans 8:2; Romans 8:15; 1...
They that are after the flesh — Who remain under the guidance of corrupt nature. Mind the things of the flesh — Have their thoughts and affections fixed on such things as gratify corrupt nature; namel...
Observe here, 1. difference of persons mentioned. Those that are after the flesh, and them that are after the Spirit. 2.. difference of properties belonging to these persons; the one minds the things...