Scofield's Bible Commentary
Romans 8:1
who walk
The statement ends with "Christ Jesus"; the last ten words are interpolated.
who walk
The statement ends with "Christ Jesus"; the last ten words are interpolated.
ROMANS 8:1 VIhsou/ {A} At the close of the verse the later manuscripts introduce an interpolation from ver. Romans 8:4 in two stages: mh. kata. sa,rka peripatou/sin is read by A Db...
CHAPTER VIII. _The happy state of those who believe in Christ, and walk under_ _the influence of his Spirit_, 1, 2. _The design of God in sending his Son into the world was to_ _redeem men from si...
THERE IS, THEREFORE, NOW - This is connected with the closing verses of Romans 7. The apostle had there shown that the Law could not effect deliverance from sin, but that such deliverance was to be tr...
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)...
NO. Greek. _oudeis._ Emphatic, as it stands first in the Greek. CONDEMNATION. Greek. _katakrima._ See Romans 5:16. IN. App-104. CHRIST JESUS. App-98. Compare Romans 6:23. WHO... SPIRIT. All the tex...
Romans 8:1-13. Security of the justified. The mind of the Spirit, not the mind of the flesh, is their characteristic 1. _therefore_ To what does "_therefore_" refer? To the discussion of the inner con...
1. ἌΡΑ. So, after this exposition, it becomes clear. ΝΥ͂Ν. As things now are, under the new dispensation. ΚΑΤΆΚΡΙΜΑ. In Christ there is no penal state following upon a verdict of condemnation, becau...
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...
АРА (G686) таким образом, итак, следовательно, делает вывод из ранее сказанного (Murray), ΚΑΤΆΚΡΙΜΑ (G2631) наказание, которое следует за приговором, приговор (BAGD; BS, 264-65; Preisigke, 1:752-53;...
DISCOURSE: 1856 THE PRIVILEGE OF TRUE CHRISTIANS 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 establi...
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW— Αρα νυν. The word Αρα here, is not _illative,_ but strongly _affirmative;—nempe utique, certainly, verily;_ (see Matthew 12:28. Luke 11:48; Luke 18:8 in the original). _Now,_ i...
_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...
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. In this surpassing chapter the several streams of the preceding argumen...
__ 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...
WHO WALK, etc.] RV omits: probably borrowed from Romans 8:4....
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...
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...
THEREFORE. — The Apostle had already, at the end of the last chapter, “touched the confines” of that state of deliverance and of liberty which he is now going on to describe. The opening of this chapt...
(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 Spirit as the principle of righteousness and life....
οὐδὲν ἄρα νῦν κατάκριμα τοῖς ἐν Χ. Ἰ. The οὐδὲν is emphatic: condemnation is in every sense out of the question. νῦν is temporal: it distinguishes the Christian from the pre-Christian period of 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...
[There is] (1) therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who (2) walk not after the (a) flesh, but after the Spirit. (1) A conclusion of all the former discussion, from (Romans...
Notwithstanding this law of sin opposing the law of the spirit, and endeavouring to captivate us to sin, we can, by the succour of the grace of Jesus Christ, preserve ourselves from sin and damnation,...
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...
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...
SEVENTEENTH PASSAGE (8:1-11). THE VICTORY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OVER SIN AND DEATH....
“ _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and of death._ ” The word _now_ has...
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...
CONTENTS The Apostle, having in the foregoing Chapter s, fully established the Doctrine of Justification by Faith: here enters upon describing the Blessedness of it. He shews the Privileges of the Fa...
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...
_NO CONDEMNATION_ ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.’ Romans 8:1 No condemnation! What a strange, sweeping statement! And we naturally ask, to whom can it app...
1._There is then, etc. _After having described the contest which the godly have perpetually with their own flesh, he returns to the consolation, which was very needful for them, and which he had befor...
"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...
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW, NO CONDEMNATION,.... The apostle having discoursed largely in the preceding chapter, concerning the struggle and combat believers feel within themselves, and opened the true ca...
_There is_ therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Ver. 1. _There is therefore now_] Now, after such bloody wounds and gas...
_There is_, &c. As a further answer to the objection mentioned Romans 3:31, that the doctrine of justification by faith made void the law, the apostle here proceeds, with great feeling and energy, to...
NO CONDEMNATION; from God. WHO WALK; live habitually. NOT AFTER THE FLESH; not as corrupt nature prompts, seeking supremely earthly good and selfish gratification. AFTER THE SPIRIT; as the Holy Spi...
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT....
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...
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. 'Now" -what good news!. can be right with God 'now'! 'CONDEMNATION' -2631. katakrima kat-ak'-ree-mah; from 2632; an adverse...
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...
ROMANS CHAPTER 8 ROMANS 8:1 Under the gospel we are free from condemnation, walking after the Spirit. ROMANS 8:5 The evil of being carnally minded, and the good of being spiritually minded. ROMANS 8:9...
[This chapter describes, as Meyer says, "the happy condition of a man in Christ," and is, as Tholuck observes, "the climax of this Epistle."] _There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are i...
Romans 8:1 therefore G686 now G3568 no G3762 condemnation G2631 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 not G3361 walk...
‘So there is now no punishment following sentence to those who are in Christ Jesus.' This is literally ‘so no punishment following sentence now to those who are in Christ Jesus.' The English versions...
Romans 8:1. THERE IS THEREFORE NOW, at this time. ‘Therefore' sums up what precedes. But the exact connection is disputed. It may be joined either (1.) with the thanksgiving, at the beginning of Roman...
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...
THEREFORE NOW (αρα νυν). Two particles. Points back to the triumphant note in Romans 7:25 after the preceding despair.NO CONDEMNATION (ουδεν κατακριμα). As sinners we deserved condemnation in our...
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._ Some people talk about «getting out of the 7 th chapter, in...
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._ 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...
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...
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...
THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION NOW. Condemnation is in every sense out of the question! [But there are some qualifiers! See note on James 2:19.] In chapter 6, Paul shows us that in BAPTISM, the Christian di...
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 8:1. WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT.—Wanting in oldest manuscripts. Supposed to be a mistake. A wise addition. Romans 8:2.—Acquitted, all claim of sin is...
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 1:30; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 5:17;...
Therefore now. Connecting with Romans 7:25. Being freed through Jesus Christ, there is therefore no condemnation now. Condemnation [κ α τ α κ ρ ι μ α]. As ch. 5 16, sentence of condemnation. Who walk...
There is therefore now no condemnation — Either for things present or past. Now he comes to deliverance and liberty. The apostle here resumes the thread of his discourse, which was interrupted, Romans...
Observe here, 1. The apostle doth not say, there is no corruption in them that are in Christ Jesus, but there is no CONDEMNATION to them. Perfection in holiness is the saint's aim in this life, his at...