Verse 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. In this part Paul further develops his whole theme of Christian assurance, which he started in chapter 5, elaborating on the Christian's hope of glory, based on the knowledge that 'God has determined to bring us though to our inheritance (18–22, 29–30), providentially working on behalf of his children (verse 28) and having given his Spirit as the guarantee for their final redemption (verse 30). Thus, this short passage provides a transition between the previous and the next part.
The Spirit of adoption (8:14–17) Ĭontinuing the theme of 'life' in verses 1–13, the following paragraph (verses 14–17) deals with 'sonship', describing 'the wonderful and comforting truth that Christians have been adopted into God's own family, so God's Spirit can confer life on us (13–14) and we can be heirs with a glorious prospect for the future (17–18). He prefers the former reading "as a matter of fact that has become historical" rather than the latter reading, attributed to Lutheran theologian Johann Hofmann. one must be in Christ, in order to get rid of every condemnation.now, after Christ (as deliverer from the law of sin, Romans 8:2), has interposed, there is no condemnation.now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus: Meyer goes on to distinguish between two alternative readings of There is. īuls explains that Paul's "real self" serving God is his mind and not his flesh. Whereas theologians Heinrich Meyer and Harold Buls are content to link the inference with the immediately preceding text: Methodist founder John Wesley concurs that Paul "resumes the thread of his discourse" from Romans 7:1–7, following a digression (in Romans 7:8–25) regarding sin and the Mosaic Law: By dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit ( Romans 7:7) This he iterates after his digression in chapters 6– 7. verses 16 and 18) caused by Adam because they have been joined to Jesus Christ.
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Paul argues that Christians are set free from the condemnation ( katakrima, cf. The vocabulary and the content of verse 1 point back to the end of chapter 5 as the basis of the conclusion which Paul starts with therefore. The discourse in the previous chapter continues in Romans 8:1 with the illative word Greek: ἄρα ( ara), generally translated as so or therefore, or consequently in Thayer's Greek Lexicon. Verse 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. This part deals with the Christian's deliverance from condemnation, which is the penalty of death because of the sin people are living under, by virtue of believers' union with Christ ( Romans 5:12–21).