Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Romans 8:26
Infirmities] RV 'infirmity,' i.e. 'our ignorance in asking.' What.. for] RV 'how we should pray': cp. Philippians 1:22.; Itself] RV 'himself'; spoken of as a Person and distinct from the Father.
Infirmities] RV 'infirmity,' i.e. 'our ignorance in asking.' What.. for] RV 'how we should pray': cp. Philippians 1:22.; Itself] RV 'himself'; spoken of as a Person and distinct from the Father.
ROMANS 8:26 u`perentugca,nei {A} The Textus Receptus, following ac C K P Y 33 614 _Byz Lect al_, adds u`pe.r h`mw/n, thus making explicit what is implicit in the compound verb u`perentugca,nei, which...
Verse 26. _THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES_] The _same_ _Spirit_, τοπνευμα, mentioned before as bearing witness with ours that we are the children of God; and consequently it is not a _disposi...
LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT - This introduces a new source of consolation and support, what is derived from the Spirit. It is a continuation of the argument of the apostle, to show the sustaining power of the...
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 BIRTH-PANGS OF IMMORTALITY. Romans 8:18. These present sufferings are light beyond comparison, in view of the glory awaiting us at the coming revelation. The destined glory is hidden under a flesh...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
Even so, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray, if we are to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which baffle speech to utte...
HELPETH. Greek. _sunantilambanomai._ Only here and Luke 10:40. INFIRMITIES. The texts read infirmity. Greek. _astheneia._ See Romans 6:19. PRAY FOR. Greek. _proseuchomai._ See App-184. MAKETH INTER...
_Likewise also_ Probably the reference of these words is to the thought just previous; the _help_given to the anxious and weary Christian by a clear view of the ground and object of his Hope. Q. d., ...
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
26–end. This section enforces the above description of the Christian life, by the evidence of experience that GOD Himself helps man in this endurance of hope, the Holy Spirit Romans 8:26, the Father R...
In the preceding verses the thoughts worked out in 2 Cor. _l.c_[161] have been summarised. In these verses the Apostle includes a wider range of thought, characteristic of Eph. and Col. Man’s present...
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...
ΣΥΝΑΝΤΙΛΑΜΒΆΝΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΙΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G4878) подавать руку кому-л., одновременно с кем-л. (RWP), помогать, приходить на помощь, принимать участие в ком-л. (BAGD; ММ; NDIEC, 3:...
DISCOURSE: 1876 THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN STRENGTHENING MEN FOR SUFFERING OR DUTY Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:...
LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT, &C.— 'Ωσαυτως, _likewise,_ always in the New Testament signifies _in like manner,_ or agreeably to what is mentioned just before. Here it may be rendered, _agreeably to this,_ nam...
_TEXT_ Romans 8:26-27. And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot...
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. LIKEW...
__ Conciliation-Individual 11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the present power of God's Spirit to use an...
8:26 help (h-10) It means 'to take up a person's cause, so as to help him.' The 'with,' added in Greek, is rendered 'join.' Only occurs here and Luke 10:40 . weakness; (i-13) Or 'infirmity.'...
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...
LIKEWISE. — While on the one hand the prospect of salvation sustains him, so on the other hand the Divine Spirit interposes to aid him. The one source of encouragement is human (his own human consciou...
A second reason for the patience of the Christian under suffering. The Spirit helps his weakness and joins in his prayers....
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...
Third testimony to the glorious future: the sighing of creation, our own sighing, and this action of the Spirit, point consistently to one conclusion. συναντιλαμβάνεται, _cf._ Luke 10:40. The weakness...
HOPING FOR THE COMPLETED REDEMPTION Romans 8:18 Creation groans for freedom from the serpent's trail. Like a captive maiden she sighs to be delivered from the curse which sin has brought upon her. Th...
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...
(24) Likewise the Spirit also (g) helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh (h) intercession for us with groanings which cannot be utte...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Postulat pro nobis, i.e. says St. Augustine, interpellare nos facit...nobisque interpellandi et gemendi inspirat affectum....
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...
NINETEENTH PASSAGE (ROMANS 8:18-30). COMPLETION OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE MISERIES OF OUR PRESENT CONDITION. In speaking of the full victory gained by the Spirit of Christ over the...
“ _And likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity;for we know not what we should ask in order to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered....
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. (19) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manif...
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...
_THE HOLY SPIRIT OF HELP_ ‘And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity.’ Romans 8:26 (R.V.) Our Lord taught His disciples to pray, and promised another Advocate. So the Holy Ghost, as...
26._And likewise the Spirit_, _etc. _That the faithful may not make this objection — that they are so weak as not to be able to bear so many and so heavy burdens, he brings before them the aid of the...
"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...
LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES,.... The Spirit of God which dwells in us, by whom we are led, who is the spirit of adoption to us, who has witnessed to our spirits, that we are the c...
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Ver. 26...
_Likewise the Spirit_, &c. Besides the hope of future felicity and glory, which our holy profession administers to us for our support and comfort amid all the difficulties of our Christian course, we...
THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit, who dwells in believers. HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES; all the weaknesses that belong to us as fallen sinful beings, subject to suffering and death. In respect to these the Ho...
The sighing hope of the Christians and the Spirit's intercession:...
LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES; FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR AS WE OUGHT; BUT THE SPIRIT ITSELF MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US WITH GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT BE UTTERED....
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...
The human spirit - has a role in our life In pain - we do not WHAT to pray for or HOW to pray Our spirit - takes our groans - intercedes for us NOTE: This is NOT the Holy Spirit because: This spir...
AND IN LIKE MANNER THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITY: FOR WE KNOW NOT HOW TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT; BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US WITH GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT BE UTTERED; "IN LIKE MA...
26,27 Though the infirmities of Christians are many and great, so that they would be overpowered if left to themselves, yet the Holy Spirit supports them. The Spirit, as an enlightening Spirit, teach...
LIKEWISE: this referreth us, either to the work of the Spirit, before noted, ROMANS 8:11; he quickeneth, and he likewise helpeth: or rather, to _hope, _ in the foregoing verse; hope helpeth to patienc...
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered [And not onl...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII If he but form the thought in the secret chamber of his soul, and call on the Father "with unspoken groanings,"[72] Tertullian On Monogamy Herein also you ou...
Romans 8:26 G1161 Likewise G5615 Spirit G4151 also G2532 helps G4878 (G5736) our G2257 weaknesses G769 For...
‘And in the same way the Spirit also helps our infirmity, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered,' And in t...
THE WHOLE OF CREATION IS GROANING IN EXPECTATION OF ITS REDEMPTION. AND GOD'S PEOPLE ALSO GROAN WITH IT, AS DOES THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF ON OUR BEHALF (8:18-27). In spite of the division necessarily...
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...
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...
Romans 8:26. LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO. This is the second ground of encouragement. ‘Likewise' introduces that which takes place at the same time, and in correspondence with what precedes: to our patie...
HELPETH OUR INFIRMITY (συναντιλαμβανετα τη ασθενεια ημων). Present middle indicative of συναντιλαμβανομα, late and striking double compound (Diodorus, LXX, Josephus, frequent in inscriptions, Deissm...
Romans 8:26 The Spirit the Help to Prayer. The highest gift of God is that which is for all alike. We need the Spirit for all the works we have to do. We can speak no true, honest, sound word unless...
Romans 8:26 The Intercession of the Spirit. I. We have here the reality of prayer confirmed. Paul was a man of truth and soberness, free from superstition and fanatical weakness. He knew of what he w...
Romans 8:23 Waiting in Hope. I. The unintelligent creatures wait, but not in hope. They travail as in pain with the burden of a future birth, of which they themselves are ignorant. We know what we w...
Romans 8:15. _For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;_ You did receive it once. You needed it. You were in sin, and it was well for you when sin became bondage to you. It was gr...
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 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
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...
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...
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...
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._...
Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be utt...
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....
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...
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...
IN THE SAME WAY. This is Paul's third reason (see Romans 8:18). The Spirit himself helps our weakness and is our prayer-partner. _R. W. Dale_ wrote: "The whole passage illustrates in even a startling...
_Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought._ GOD’S SYMPATHIES WITH MAN’S INFIRMITIES I. What is meant by infirmities. There is a wide diff...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:26 GROANINGS TOO DEEP FOR WORDS (see v. Romans 8:23) refers to the believers’ sense of the Spirit’s intercession for them before God....
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
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:26. THE SPIRIT ITSELF MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US.—The divine Spirit works in the human spirit. ἐντυγχάνω, to light upon, to meet with a person. Then to go to meet a person f...
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...
2 Corinthians 12:5; 2 Corinthians 12:8; 2 Corinthians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 5:4;...
Helpeth [σ υ ν α ν τ ι λ α μ β α ν ε τ α ι]. Only here and Luke 10:40, on which see note. "Lambanetai taketh. Precisely the same verb in precisely the same phrase, which is translated 'took our infirm...
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...
Likewise the Spirit — Nay, not only the universe, not only the children of God, but the Spirit of God also himself, as it were, groaneth, while he helpeth our infirmities, or weaknesses. Our understan...
Is the Holy Spirit our mediator or is Christ? PROBLEM: First Timothy 2:5 asserts that “there is one … Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” But Romans 8:26 informs us that the Holy Spi...
Learn hence, 1. That the holiest and best of saints labour oft-times under great infirmities in the work and duty of prayer, not knowing what to pray for, or how to manage that important affair as the...