Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 8].
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8:1 {Therefore now} (\ara nun\). Two particles. Points back to
the triumphant note in 7:25 after the preceding despair. {No
condemnation} (\ouden katakrima\). As sinners we deserved
condemnation in our unregenerate state in spite of the struggle.
But God offers pardon "to those in Christ Jesus (\tois en
Christ•i I•sou\). This is Paul's Gospel. The fire has burned on
and around the Cross of Christ. There and there alone is safety.
Those in Christ Jesus can lead the consecrated, the crucified,
the baptized life.
8:2 {The law of the Spirit of life} (\ho nomos tou pneumatos t•s
z••s\). The principle or authority exercised by the Holy Spirit
which bestows life and which rests "in Christ Jesus." {Made me
free} (\•leuther•sen me\). First aorist active indicative of the
old verb \eleuthero•\ for which see Ga 5:1. Aleph B have \se\
(thee) instead of \me\. It matters little. We are pardoned, we
are free from the old law of sin and death (7:7-24), we are
able by the help of the Holy Spirit to live the new life in
Christ.
8:3 {That the law could not do} (\to adunaton tou nomou\).
Literally, "the impossibility of the law" as shown in 7:7-24,
either nominative absolute or accusative of general reference. No
syntactical connection with the rest of the sentence. {In that}
(\en h•i\). "Wherein." {It was weak} (\•sthenei\). Imperfect
active, continued weak as already shown. {In the likeness of
sinful flesh} (\en homoi•mati sarkos hamartias\). For "likeness"
see Php 2:7, a real man, but more than man for God's "own Son."
Two genitives "of flesh of sin" (marked by sin), that is the
flesh of man is, but not the flesh of Jesus. {And for sin} (\kai
peri hamartias\). Condensed phrase, God sent his Son also
concerning sin (our sin). {Condemned sin in the flesh}
(\katekrine t•n hamartian en t•i sarki\). First aorist active
indicative of \katakrin•\. He condemned the sin of men and the
condemnation took place in the flesh of Jesus. If the article
\t•n\ had been repeated before \en t•i sarki\ Paul would have
affirmed sin in the flesh of Jesus, but he carefully avoided that
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 784).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Romans: Chapter 8)