Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 8].
8:10 {The body is dead} (\to men s•ma nekron\). Has the seeds of
death in it and will die "because of sin." {The spirit is life}
(\to de pneuma z••\). The redeemed human spirit. He uses \z••\
(life) instead of \z•sa\ (living), "God-begotten, God-sustained
life" (Denney), if Christ is in you.
8:11 {Shall quicken} (\z•opoi•sei\). Future active indicative of
\z•opoie•\, late verb from \z•opoios\, making alive. See on ¯1Co
15:22. {Through his Spirit} (\dia tou pneumatos\). B D L have
\dia to pneuma\ (because of the Spirit). Both ideas are true,
though the genitive is slightly more probably correct.
8:12 {We are debtors} (\opheiletai esmen\). See on ¯Ga 5:3; Ro
1:14. {Not to the flesh} (\ou t•i sarki\). Negative \ou\ goes
with preceding verb and \t•i sarki\, not with the infinitive \tou
z•in\.
8:13 {Ye must die} (\mellete apothn•skein\). Present indicative
of \mell•\, to be about to do and present active infinitive of
\apothn•sk•\, to die. "Ye are on the point of dying." Eternal
death. {By the spirit} (\pneumati\). Holy Spirit, instrumental
case. {Ye shall live} (\z•sesthe\). Future active indicative of
\za•\. Eternal life.
8:14 {Sons of God} (\huioi theou\). In the full sense of this
term. In verse 16 we have \tekna theou\ (children of God).
Hence no great distinction can be drawn between \huios\ and
\teknon\. The truth is that \huios\ is used in various ways in
the New Testament. In the highest sense, not true of any one
else, Jesus Christ is God's Son (8:3). But in the widest sense
all men are "the offspring" (\genos\) of God as shown in Ac
17:28 by Paul. But in the special sense here only those are
"sons of God" who are led by the Spirit of God, those born again
(the second birth) both Jews and Gentiles, "the sons of Abraham"
(\huioi Abraam\, Ga 3:7), the children of faith.
8:15 {The spirit of adoption} (\pneuma huiothesias\). See on this
term \huiothesia\, Ga 4:5. Both Jews and Gentiles receive this
"adoption" into the family of God with all its privileges.
"{Whereby we cry, Abba, Father}" (\en h•i krazomen Abb• ho
pat•r\). See Ga 4:6 for discussion of this double use of Father
as the child's privilege.
8:16 {The Spirit himself} (\auto to pneuma\). The grammatical
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