In blessed contrast to this they who are after the Spirit, that is those who are born of the Word and the Spirit of God, saved men and women, characteristically mind the things of the Spirit. ; not, however, in this form, but, as required by the tenor of what he intends to couple with it, in the form: εἰ δὲ τ. πν. Syriac, Memphitic, and both AEthiopic versions; with several Greek fathers. First, I say here is that which is implied: that the Spirit of God dwells in the children of God. Their freedom, then, from death he rests on the same foundation on which he had already shown that their freedom from sin was secured on Jesus Christ, the surety of Gods gracious covenant. How could God, the Raiser up of Christ, who was the possessor of His Spirit, leave the bodies of believers, which are the dwelling-places of the same Spirit, without quickening? ‘On account of the indwelling of the Spirit,' expressing the same general idea under another form. There is no answer possible. If the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Cf. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hac/romans-8.html. BibliographyRobertson, A.T. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". The resurrection itself, in this verse, is made to depend upon the indwelling of the Spirit, for it is promised, "If the Spirit ... dwelleth in you.". BibliographyAbbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead, dwells in you (which Spirit is therefore powerful over death, and besides renders you partakers of Christ’s Resurrection), He who raised Christ from the dead (the personal name, JESUS, reminds more of the historic fact of the resurrection of the one Person, Jesus: the official and mystical name, CHRIST, of the body of which He is the Head and we the members,—all raised with Him by the one Spirit dwelling in all) shall quicken (not merely ἐγερεῖ, because it is not merely the resurrection of the body which is in the Apostle’s view,—see below) even your mortal bodies (the higher phase of the ζωοποιεῖν takes place in the spirit of man: and even of that which takes place in the body, there are two branches—one, the quickening it from being a tool of unrighteousness unto death (eternal),—the other, the quickening it out of death (physical) to be a new and glorified body. "Calvin's Commentary on the Bible". Galatians 5:22-23. But it seems pretty clear that the variation was older than the time of this heresy, and, however it may then have been appealed to, its origin cannot be assigned to any falsification by either of the then disputant parties. This is a confirmation of the last verse, derived from the efficient cause, and according to this sense, — “Since by the power of God’s Spirit Christ was raised, and since the Spirit possesses eternal power, he will also exert the same with regard to us.” And he takes it as granted, that in the person of Christ was exhibited a specimen of the power which belongs to the whole body of the Church: and as he makes God the author of the resurrection, he assigns to him a life-giving Spirit. BibliographyBurkitt, William. Test drive it and tell us about your experience. II. No experience however hard or difficult can do it. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. That body in which, as well as in Jesus, the Spirit of God has dwelt, will be judged worthy of the same honor as the body of Jesus Himself. Yet, if He does not soon compliment me with a translation, this tenement will no longer be worth repairing. A Bible Study in EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) on the Book of Romans. I have power to lay down my life, and the take it up again: He was put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit, temples of the Holy Ghost: for if any man defile the temple of God, him will God destroy, Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead, dwells in you, on account of His Spirit which dwells in you, Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges, William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament, "The Spirit is both the instrumental cause of the resurrection-act and the permanent substratum of the resurrection-life. This is not a Spirit of bondage, of legality, filling us with fear and dread, but the Spirit of adoption, of son-acknowledgment, whereby we instinctively lift our hearts to God in the cry of the conscious child, “Abba, Father.” Adoption is to be distinguished from new birth. But it is to remain altogether inactive? Together we cry, “Abba, Father.” Our Lord Himself used the double term in Gethsemane (see Mark 14:36). I. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hmc/romans-8.html. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". He that thoroughly believes the creation need never to doubt of the resurrection. While the final and perfect restitution of these bodies will take place in glorification, either by translation or resurrection, yet our blessed Savior, in His condescending mercy, gives us many prelibations of this coming glorification, to comfort, revive and reinvigorate us for the labors of this life. (John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15)..He had just stated that the body was dead because of sin--no longer an instrument of sin. Verse 26. Every accusation is hushed. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". “The body is dead because of sin”-not actually, of course, but judicially. He knew his life of sin and rebellion against God left him empty and feeling dead; but he just couldn’t find the strength to make a final, real decision for Jesus Christ. As early as the latter part of the fourth century the variation was introduced into a controversy respecting the Divinity of the Holy Spirit ‘Through’ would point to the fact that the Holy Spirit which is now working moral renovation in us will be the Agent in completing the triumph in the resurrection of the body. First, to speak of the cause of it. As the former part of this chapter is an inference from the previous discussion, and presents a summary of the great truths already taught, we find here united the leading doctrines of the first portion of the epistle. No one is or can be in the favor of God, who lives after the flesh, Romans 8:5-11. The Biblical Illustrator. In substance the two are identical, since the indwelling of the Divine Spirit in us is the spiritual indwelling of Christ Himself in us. For all this I magnify the name of the great and infallible Physician. Romans 8:11. Because Paul uses precisely these words elsewhere, "By the Holy Spirit," etc., 2 Timothy 1:14, etc. On this account He so often refers His first advent to His being sent by the Father to take on Himself the office of the Prophet, the Priest, and the King of His Church. 1851. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/romans-8.html. ‘God punished sin in him,' Romans 8:3. Keith Simons. Ryle. The Holy Ghost is his Spirit, and he dwells in all believers, Romans 8:3, Romans 8:11. The Holy Ghost is the source of all good in man. It does not depend on our walk. ), Our attention is not directed to the awakening produced by the trump of the archangel, but to the quickening produced by the Spirit of God. "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". Since God has claimed us for this we owe nothing to the flesh. Verse Concepts. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Romans 8:11 Commentary Romans 8:12-13 Commentary Romans 8:12-17 Commentary Romans 8:14-15 Commentary Romans 8:16-17 Commentary Romans 8:18-21 Romans 8:18-19 Commentary Romans 8:20-21 Commentary Romans 8:22-23 Commentary Romans 8:22-25 Commentary Romans 8:24-25 Commentary Romans 8:26-29 Commentary 6. A gracious possession, and special inhabitation; He dwelleth in us, in our hearts by his gifts and graces, in our bodies as his living temples, which proves him to be really God, for none but a God possessess a temple; and also to be a distinct person, not an energy or operation, for none but a person can be said to inhabit or dwell; and should teach us to take heed of defiling our bodies by any uncleanness, which are or ought to be the temples of the Holy Ghost: for if any man defile the temple of God, him will God destroy. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? But if the Spirit of him - The Holy Spirit, Romans 8:9. The redemption of Christ extends to the bodies as well as the souls of his people, Romans 8:11. I say, a present quickening: it is not a future resurrection only, though that is plainly involved, but it is a present quickening of the body which is dead by sin to be alive by the Spirit unto God. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/romans-8.html. 1840-57. The Father, and the Holy Spirit, and the Son, then, must be one God. If the Spirit of God raised Christ from the dead, then that very same spirit who lives inside of us will also give live to our mortal bodies. Home > Study Desk. Cf. 4. The body is viewed as the vehicle through which the flesh acts. Go to. All creation is expectantly waiting for the full revelation of the true estate of the sons of God, when it too shall share in that glorious liberty. Even though thus indwelt by the Spirit we are called to a path of suffering and sorrow as we follow the steps of Him who was, on earth, the Man of Sorrows. 6. and the Vatic., suits the context well: the spirit is already quickened; the body must be so also. To this inequality of office such passages as the following ought to be referred: my Father is greater than I, John 14:28; and that in 1 Corinthians 15:28, where it is said, Then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him; thus terminating His mediatorial office in delivering up the kingdom by an act of humiliation, in the same way as He had entered upon it. Romans 8:11. ἰησοῦν, Jesus) Afterwards in Apodosis, Christ. Used by permission of Broadman Press (Southern Baptist Sunday School Board). We have a glorious chain of five links in verses Romans 8:29-30 reaching from Eternity in the past to Eternity in the future-foreknown, predestinated, called, justified, glorified! The wicked shall arise by the power of their Judge, to receive in their body the punishment of their sins, and to suffer the second death; but believers, in virtue of the resurrection, and by the Spirit of Jesus Christ as their Head. We are alive in every way! This follows from hence, because the Holy Ghost will not quit His own interest, nor lose anything of that which belongs unto Him, which He should do if the bodies of the saints lay still in their graves, or were wholly annihilated and brought to nothing. BibliographyNicol, W. Robertson, M.A., L.L.D. It is the king’s own seal on those who are his peculiar people, proving them to be his own property. Trust is something that is learned and experienced. 1. 5. τ. ἐγ. We are children by birth but sons by adoption. At the same time, we are not there yet. he that raised up Christ from the dead — Observe the change of name from Jesus, as the historical Individual whom God raised from the dead, to Christ, the same Individual, considered as the Lord and Head of all His members, or of redeemed Humanity [Alford]. Such sufferings never proceed from holiness. Buxtorf. As his life is perpetual, it secures the continued supplies of life to all his members. Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh; Romans 1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God; Romans 1:5 Or that is; Romans 1:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.; Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith The destruction of the body by death is complete; but is it destroyed for ever? "Commentary on Romans 8:11". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/romans-8.html. The second is conditional, or connective with the words which went before in the beginning of the verse: “If the Spirit of Him that raised up,” etc., where resurrection to eternal life is made dependent upon the inhabitation of the Holy Ghost in such persons as shall so rise, The consideration of this point may be useful to us, to a twofold purpose. If you are sanctified by the Spirit, you shall be raised up by the Spirit also, as Christ was. in Paläst. It provides for the reunion of body and soul. And this explains why the natural man is so utterly unprofitable. BibliographyPett, Peter. Observe here (what Bengel notes, and after him Meyer, Alford and Philippi) the significant change of name from JESUS, as the historical Individual whom God raised from the dead, to CHRIST, the same Individual, considered as the Lord and Head of all His members, or of redeemed Humanity. Develops the thought implied in 10 that the body, too, even now is quickened by the new life; it has become a ὅπλον δικαιοσύνης, Romans 6:13. τὸ πν. Broadman Press 1932,33. This leaves the soul at liberty to be occupied with pleasing God, not as a means of escaping the divine displeasure, but out of love to Him who has brought us to Himself in peace. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". BibliographyMeyer, Heinrich. "The Spirit is both the instrumental cause of the resurrection-act and the permanent substratum of the resurrection-life." But ( δέ takes up and continues the supposition in the former verse, with which in fact this is nearly identical, but with the important additional particular (whence the contrast) τοῦ ἐγείραντ. Consider next the office of Christianity with regard to the human body, the beginning of the work of its redemption in this present world. “They that are in the flesh cannot please God.” It is not of course, that man, as such, does not know right from wrong, or, knowing it, is powerless to do right. The liberty wherewith Christ has made his people free, is a liberty from the law and from sin, Romans 8:2, Romans 8:5. Lexic. That is not, especially after all that precedes, a word of salvation. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". This is not to ignore or undervalue the body. Who raised, etc. 11. εἰ δὲ κ.τ.λ. The sense, however, is in either case substantially the same. The word is not ἐγειρεῖ, but ζωοποιήσει, which imports more than a mere restoration of life. This clause cannot, with any regard to usage or the context, be understood of a moral resurrection, or deliverance from sin, as it is explained by Calvin and many others. "Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament". This difference of reading is the only one in the whole Epistle to the Romans which is fitted to exercise any influence on Christian doctrine. 38. Therefore we are not to expect anything of it. Greek. BibliographySchaff, Philip. In itself considered, therefore, moral purity is essentially connected with happiness, as cause and effect. Romans 8:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Romans 8:11, NIV: "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you." The fact that holy men suffer, and that even the perfect Savior was a man of sorrows, is not inconsistent with this doctrine. Romans 4:24 and Romans 5:6; Romans 5:10-11. ζωοποιήσει. Cf. 3. By His blood He bought us, cleansed our every stain; Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. May our souls enter ever more deeply into it, and find increasing joy and spiritual strength as we contemplate it. I. “It is God who worketh in us both the willing and the doing of His good pleasure.” The law demanded righteousness from a man whose nature was utterly corrupt and perverted, and which could only bring forth corrupt fruit. In this Divine economy the Son has received His mission from the Father to come into the world. 2. Properly, the first four verses of chapter 8 should be joined right on to chapter 7, thus linking with the expression of hope, “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit, who communicates life to those who are habitations of God through Him, is here set before believers as a pledge that their bodies shall not remain under the power of death. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". Romans 6:11 (with 8). 1914. Your mortal bodies] As he hath already quickened your souls. This will be done by the Spirit that dwells in us, because that Spirit has restored life to our souls, abides with us with his purifying influence, and because the design and tendency of his indwelling is to purify the entire man, and restore all to God. Such a body he will treat as He has treated that of His own Son. Then, with triumphant shouts, I will look out for heaven, which is infinitely better than health. The godly, they rise that they may receive their crown and garland. The ground and reason of all is this: because Christ is the Root and Head of all believers, as Adam was of all mankind. Scripture: Romans 5:20–6:4. ( Romans 8:11 ). Romans 6:11 - Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. The Apostle elsewhere proves the resurrection of the bodies of believers, by comparing Jesus Christ with Adam, saying, As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive, 1 Corinthians 15:22; showing that if we do not rise by virtue of Jesus Christ our Lord, Christ would be inferior to Adam. Click the Bible for the all new StudyLight.org!! If the Spirit of God dwells in the Christian, how careful should he, lest anything in his thoughts or feelings would be offensive to this divine guest! Romans 8:5-8 The evil of being carnally minded, and the good of being. For as the body is the organ of the soul in this world, so it must participate in the felicity or punishment that shall follow, whether the whole man has remained under the law, or has been received into the covenant of grace. Romans 8:1-14 New International Version (NIV) Life Through the Spirit. For the resurrection will not only change the fact of death into that of life, but it will transform the nature of the body, which from being mortal will become incorruptible (1 Corinthians 15:43-44). Romans 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 1 Peter 3:18; John 5:21) nor the correlation with ἐγείρας permits. and cannot He then restore it from the dust? In the full sense we have not yet received the adoption. (Bp. Easter assurance.—And notice how beautifully this Easter message follows upon and crowns the message of Lent. shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you; not the souls of the saints, for these die not: but their "bodies", called "mortal", because appointed to death, are under the sentence of it, and in which it already works; "your" bodies and not others; mortal ones, and not airy, celestial, immortal ones; the very same they carry about with them here, and in which the Spirit of God had dwelt. The resurrection of Jesus is a measure and warrant both of the will and of the power of the Spirit of GOD, to bring life into what is dead. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". The acceptance of Christ does not prevent the death of the body. "Commentary on Romans 8:11". Dead to Sin, Alive to God. The same power that raised up Jesus. (Romans 8:15-16) As Hofmann remarks, the personal resurrection of Jesus merely assures us that God can raise us; but His resurrection, regarded as that of the Christ, assures us that He will do so actually. Home > Study Desk. BibliographyAlford, Henry. Will also give life to your mortal bodies. See an interesting dispute, as to which was the most ancient reading, in Athanas., quoted by Reiche and Tischendorf. In the preceding verse, Paul mentioned the body's being sentenced to death, due to that portion of the primeval sentence being still operative, even upon Christians; but even the death of the body is at last to be nullified by the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. Vine's Epistle to the Romans, published in 1957 by Zondervon was really helpful as was the Introductory Lectures, Volume 2-Paul's Epistles by William Kelly--Lectures delivered in 1869 and reprinted by Believer's Bookshelf in 1970; Synopsis The gen. can only mean, ‘by means of,’ ‘through,’ His Spirit, &c.: this the acc. What unspeakable relief it is to the bewildered, troubled soul, oppressed with a sense of his own unworthiness, and distressed because of frequent failures to live up to his own highest resolves, when he learns that God sees him in Christ Jesus, and as thus seen he is free from all condemnation. Jesus Christ, He is thus risen. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? 4. Romans 8:28. A strong body does not necessarily mean a strong saint, nor a feeble body a feeble believer. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. To preserve the order of the personal operations. In verses Romans 8:28-34 we have “God for us.” In verses Romans 8:35-39, “No separation.”. According to the former, the meaning is, that the resurrection of believers will be effected by the power of the Spirit of God; and according to the latter, that the indwelling of the Spirit is the ground or reason why the bodies of believers should not be left in the grave. Everything in the Bible is opposed to antinomianism. Paul here. If the Spirit of God raised Christ from the dead, then that very same spirit who lives inside of us will also give live to our mortal bodies. ), in the West (It. These passages belong to that numerous class of texts, in which the same work is attributed to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and which, in connection with other sources of proof, show conclusively that "these three are one;" and that the persons of the Adorable Trinity concur in all works ad extra. All men will then arise, but not in glory, as all will not arise in virtue of the resurrection of our Lord. The Son raised himself, John 2:19 10:18; and yet the Father is said here to raise him from the dead: see notes on Romans 1:4. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/romans-8.html. Used by Permission. For now, we suffer along with the rest of sin-ravaged creation. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wbc/romans-8.html. III. The Son has become the Mediator between God and man, to do everything necessary for our redemption, while the Holy Spirit has assumed the office of the comforter and sanctifier of the Church. But all we can possibly suffer here is as nothing compared to the glory soon to be manifested. For it might have been objected, “That Christ was able by his own power to raise up himself, and this is what no man can do.” But when he says, that God raised up Christ by his Spirit, and that he also communicated his Spirit to us, there is nothing that can be alleged to the contrary; so that he thus makes sure to us the hope of resurrection. The relation is that of cause and effect, type and fulfilment, pledge and redemption. Romans 8:11.) Christ was a sacrifice for sin, and his sufferings were penal, i.e., they were judicially inflicted in support of the law. Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. The indwelling of God the Holy Spirit is the common mark of all believers in Christ. As it turns out, Paul's never been to Rome, but he wants to go. Their Head has conquered death and the grave, and with Him they shall overcome. 3. He is one and the same Spirit, who is the Spirit of Christ, and who is in believers; therefore as Christ lives, so believers shall live: See Appendix. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tbi/romans-8.html. The more characteristic ἐνοικοῦν (previously it was only οἰκεῖ) is a climax to the representation. Romans 8:9-11 Christians have God’s Spirit to guide and assist them, Romans 8:12,13 by which if … (o) By the strength and power of him, who showed the same might first in our head, and daily works in his members. This life knows no condemnation, Romans 8:1.— διὰ on account of [or by means of]) 2 Corinthians 1:22. See, moreover, generally on Romans 8:10, and the appropriate remarks of Reiche, Commentar crit. Romans 8. “The carnal mind (or, mind of the flesh) is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” (ver. For now, we suffer along with the rest of sin-ravaged creation. 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