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. In this surpassing chapter the several streams of the preceding arguments meet and flow in one "river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb," until it seems to lose itself in the ocean of a blissful eternity. THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. It is a question among interpreters whether this is an inference from the immediately preceding context (as most commentators hold), or (as Fraser, Tholuck, and Hodge) from the whole preceding argument. The truth expressed-that there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus-is certainly no inference from the latter part, at least, of the preceding chapter, nor is it natural to suppose it drawn even from the first part...

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 before mentioned; and it was this, — That though they were still beset by sin, they were yet exempt fiom the power of death, and from every curse, provided they lived not in the flesh but in the Spirit: for he joins together these three things, — the imperfection under which the faithful always labor, — the mercy of God in pardoning and forgiving it, —and the regeneration of the Spirit; and this indeed in the last place, that no one should flatter himself with a vain notion, as though he were freed from the curse, while securely indulging in the meantime his own flesh. As then the carnal man flatters himself in vain, when in no way solicitous to reform his life, he promises to himself impunity un...

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 or the Spirit, the old or the new nature, corruption or grace? For which of these do we make provision, by which are we governed? The unrenewed will is unable to keep any commandment fully. And the law, besides outward duties, requires inward obedience. God showed abhorrence of sin by the sufferings of his Son in the flesh, that the believer's person might be pardoned and justified. Thus satisfaction was made to Divine justice, and the way of salvation opened for the sinner. By the Spirit the law of love is written upon the heart, and though the righteousness of the law is not fulfilled by us, yet, blessed be God, it is fulfilled in us; there is that in all true believers, which answers the i...

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 sin_, 3, 4. _The miserable state of the carnally minded_, 6-8. _How Christ lives and works in his followers; their blessedness_ _here, and their happiness hereafter_, 9-17. _Sufferings are the common lot of all men; and from which_ _Gentiles and Jews have the hope of being finally delivered_, 18-23....

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 traced to the gospel alone; Romans 7:23. It is implied here that there was condemnation under the Law, and would be still, but for the intervention of the gospel. NO CONDEMNATION - This does not mean that sin in believers is not to be condemned as much as any where, for the contrary is everywhere taught in the Scriptures; but it means, (1) That the gospel does not pronounce condemnation like the Law. Its function is to pardon; the function of the law is to condemn. The one never affords deliverance, but always conde

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 the first place by the student, so as to assist comprehension of the line of thought. ROMANS 8:1 THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. (The additional words of this verse in the Textus Receptus have but slight support, having probably been supplied from Romans 8:4. They are out of place here.) "Nunc venit ad liberationem et libertatem. Non autem ponit adversativam δὲ, _autem,_ sed conclusivam a!ra, erg

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 causes and reasons of the saints' grievances and complaints, and what gives them the greatest uneasiness in this life, proceeds in this to take notice of the solid ground and foundation they have of spiritual peace and joy; which arise from their justification and adoption, the purposes and decrees of God, and particularly the everlasting and unchangeable love of God in Christ, the source, spring, and security, of all the blessings of grace. The chapter begins with a most comfortable account of the safety of believers in Christ; the apostle does not say there is nothing condemnable in them, for sin is in them and is condemnable, and condemned by them; and is hurtful to their spiritual joy and...

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, into the 8 th.» But who made this into an eighth chapter? Certainly, the Holy Spirit did not. There are no Chapter s in the Epistle as he inspired Paul to write it, the whole of it runs straight on without a break: «Therein therefore now no condemnation» while struggling, fighting, warring, contending, Romans 8:2. _For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death._ «Hath made me free» that is, the real «I» of which he wrote a little while before the true man himself: «' The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free fro

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 Y 81 629 2127 itdc vg syrp goth arm Speculum _al_, and the same clause followed by avlla. kata. pneu/ma is read by ac Dc K P 33 88 104 614 _Byz Lect_ it61 syrh _al_. The shorter text, which makes the more general statement without the qualification that is appropriate enough at ver....