For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Truth to Learn The Spirit of God is our “life coach” and guide. Behind the Words The word translated “led” is agō, which means “to lead” or “to bring.” This is expressed here...
Romans 8:13 – Evidence of Faith
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Truth to Learn Your actions indicate whether you are spiritually dead or alive. Behind the Words The words “you will” are...
Romans 8:12 – Indebted to Whom?
Therefore, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. Truth to Learn We owe a debt, but not to our sin nature. Behind the Words “Therefore” is translated from the two Greek words, ara oun. The word ara in an inferential conjunction which indicates...
Romans 8:11 – God’s Irrevocable Promise
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Truth to Learn God promises all Christians that they will be raised from...
Romans 8:10 – A Spirit of Righteousness
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Truth to Learn Because we have been declared righteous, we are alive with a life that will last eternally. Behind the Words In order to fully understand the...
Romans 8:9 – Are You Sealed?
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. Truth to Learn If you are saved, you are sealed and your life should show it....
Romans 8:8 – Please God!
But those who are in the flesh are not able to please God. Truth to Learn Only those who are walking in the Spirit can please God. Behind the Words “Are not able” is translated from “ou dounanti.” Ou expresses absolute negation (there is a different word, me, which...
Romans 8:7 – Submission or Rebellion?
Because the carnal mind is enmity toward God; for it is not submitted to the law of God, indeed it can’t be. Truth to Learn When we’re controlled by our flesh, we’re not submitted to God, we’re in open rebellion to Him. Behind the Words This current verse starts...
Romans 8:6 – Guarding Our Peace
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Truth to Learn Guarding our thoughts keeps us at peace with God. Behind the Words We saw in the previous verse that the verb translated “minds” is phroneō, which means “to think or...
Romans 8:5 – What Do You Think?
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. Truth to Learn What we think about is demonstrated by our actions. Behind the Words The words “who live”...
Romans 8:4 – Fulfilled Through Him
that the righteous requirements of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Truth to Learn The righteousness that God demands of us is fulfilled for us through the righteousness of Christ. Behind the Words The words...
Romans 8:3 – Righteous Through Him
For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by having sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, Truth to Learn Jesus Christ perfectly kept the law, thus demonstrating...
Romans 8:2 – His Faithful Spirit
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus set me free from the law of sin and death. Truth to Learn The Holy Spirit is continually working in Christians. Behind the Words This verse starts with “For,” a translation of the Greek article gar, which is...
Romans 8:1 – No Condemnation
Therefore, there is now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, Truth to Learn There is no condemnation declared against born-again Christians; instead, we are declared as righteous. Behind the Words This word “condemnation” is an interesting word. The Greek word is katakrima, which means, “the result of a...
Romans 7:25 – He is Lord!
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself truly serve the law of God, but with the flesh I serve the law of sin. Truth to Learn Submitting to the lordship of Jesus Christ is the only way to win the battle against...
Romans 7:24 – Winning a Losing Battle
O wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Truth to Learn The ever presence of sin will bring a committed Christian to his or her knees … over and over and over and over … Behind the Words The Greek word translated...
Romans 7:23 – Captured, Then Confessed
But I see another law in my members, battling against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Truth to Learn Because of the battle within us, we become captured by our sin nature, but confession sets us...
Romans 7:22 – God’s Delightful Law
For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. Truth to Learn For Christians, obeying God’s law is delightful, not onerous. Behind the Words The word translated here as “I delight in” is sunēdomai, which only occurs in this one place in the New Testament....
Romans 7:21 – The “Badness” Law
I find then a law, when I desire to do what is right, that evil is present with me. Truth to Learn There is a “law of sin” that can control our actions. Behind the Words The word translated “a law” is the Greek word nomos, which means “something...
Romans 7:20 – Living on our Knees
Now if I do what I determine not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin dwelling in me. Truth to Learn When we lose a battle against our sin nature we simply need to confess our sin and God removes it from us. ...
Romans 7:19 – Surrender to Him
For the good that I determine to do, I do not do; but the evil I determine to not do, that I practice. Truth to Learn Overcoming our enemy, our sin nature, is not ours to do. Behind the Words Back in verse sixteen we looked at the word...
Romans 7:17 – Victory Through Surrender
But now, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that is living in me. Truth to Learn There is a battle going on within us that requires surrender. Behind the Words The word translated “living” is the Greek word oikeō, which is a participial form of...
Romans 7:18 – Surrender is the Key
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but to perform what is good is not. Truth to Learn We can’t work, or fight, our way to victory as a Christian. Behind the Words The word...