the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Romans 8:12
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So, my brothers and sisters, we must not be ruled by our sinful selves. We must not live the way our sinful selves want.
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--
Therfore brethren we are nowe detters not to the flesshe to live after the flesshe.
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Consequently, brothers, we have an obligation - but it is not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.Romans 6:7,14;">[xr]
So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
So, my brothers and sisters, we must not be ruled by our sinful selves or live the way our sinful selves want.
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Therefore, brethren, it is not to our lower natures that we are under obligation that we should live by their rule.
Therfor, britheren, we ben dettouris, not to the flesch, that we lyuen aftir the flesch.
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires.
So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]—
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:
So then, brothers, we don't owe a thing to our old nature that would require us to live according to our old nature.
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh;
Now, my brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, that according to the flesh we should walk.
Now we are debtors, my Brethren, not to the flesh, that we should walk according to the flesh:
Therfore brethren, we are detters, not to the flesh, to liue after the flesh.
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.
So then, Christian brothers, we are not to do what our sinful old selves want us to do.
So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
Therefore brethren, wee are detters not to the flesh, to liue after the flesh:
Therefore, my brethren, we are not indebted to the flesh to live after the flesh.
Hence, then, brethren - debtors, we are, not unto the flesh, that, according to flesh, we should live, -
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.
Therfore brethren, we are detters, not to the fleshe, to lyue after the fleshe.
So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to.
So then, brothers and sisters, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh,
So then, brothers, we are obligated not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
So, then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh,
So, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;
Therfore brethre we are now detters, not to the flesh,
You are, therefore, brethren oblig'd to oppose your sensual passions;
So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!
So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
Listen cowboys, just because you think about sin doesn't mean you have to follow those sinful urges.
So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
So then, brothers, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
Contextual Overview
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we are: Romans 6:2-15, Psalms 116:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 Peter 4:3
Reciprocal: Romans 1:14 - debtor Romans 8:5 - For they Romans 13:14 - and Galatians 5:16 - Walk Galatians 5:18 - if 2 Peter 2:10 - that
Cross-References
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord .
And I will wait upon the Lord , that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,.... The appellation, "brethren", is not used, because they were so by nation or by blood, though many in the church at Rome were Jews; nor merely in a free familiar way of speaking; but rather on account of church membership, and especially because they were in the same spiritual relation to God and Christ: and the use of it by the apostle, shows his great humility and condescension, and his love and affection for them, and is designed to engage their attention and regard to what he was about to say, to them and of them; as that they were "debtors"; which is to be understood of them not as sinners, who as such had been greatly in debt, and had nothing to pay, and were liable to the prison of hell; for no mere creature could ever have paid off their debts; but Christ has done it for them, and in this sense they were not debtors: but they were so as saints, as men freed from condemnation and death; which doctrine of Christian liberty is no licentious one; it does not exempt from obedience, but the more and greater the favours are which such men enjoy, the more obliged they are to be grateful and obey; they are debtors, or trader obligation,
not to the flesh, to corrupt nature,
to live after the flesh, the dictates of that; nor should they be, both on God's account, since that is enmity to him, and is not subject to his law; and on their own account, because it is an enemy to them, brings reproach on them, and exposes them to death; but though it is not expressed, it is understood, that they are debtors to God; to God the Father, both as the God of nature, and of grace, as their covenant God and Father in Christ, who has blessed them with all spiritual blessings in him; to Christ himself, who has redeemed them by his blood: and to the Spirit of God who is in them, and for what he has been, is, and will be to them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
We are debtors - We owe it as a matter of solemn obligation. This obligation arises,
- From the fact that the Spirit dwells in us;
- Because the design of his indwelling is to purify us;
- Because we are thus recovered from the death of sin to the life of religion; and he who has imparted life, has a right to require that it be spent in his service.
To the flesh - To the corrupt propensities and passions. We are not bound to indulge them because the end of such indulgence is death and ruin; Romans 7:21-22. But we are bound to live to God, and to follow the leadings of his Spirit, for the end is life and peace; Romans 7:22-23. The reason for this is stated in the following verse.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 8:12. Therefore, brethren, c.] Dr. Taylor is of opinion that the apostle having spoken separately, both to Jews and Gentiles, concerning holiness and the obligations to it, now addresses himself to both conjointly, and,
I. Draws the general conclusion from all his arguments upon this subject, Romans 8:12.
II. Proves the validity of their claims to eternal life, Romans 8:14-17.
III. And as the affair of suffering persecution was a great stumbling block to the Jews, and might very much discourage the Gentiles, he introduces it to the best advantage, Romans 8:17, and advances several arguments to fortify their minds under all trials: as -
(1.) That they suffered with Christ
(2.) In order to be glorified with him in a manner which will infinitely compensate all sufferings, Romans 8:17; Romans 8:18.
(3.) All mankind are under various pressures, longing for a better state, Romans 8:19-22.
(4.) Many of the most eminent Christians are in the same distressed condition, Romans 8:23.
(5.) According to the plan of the Gospel, we are to be brought to glory after a course of patience exercised in a variety of trials, Romans 8:24; Romans 8:25.
(6.) The Spirit of God will supply patience to every upright soul under persecution and suffering, Romans 8:26; Romans 8:27.
(7.) All things, even the severest trials, shall work together for their good, Romans 8:28. And this he proves, by giving us a view of the several steps which the wisdom and goodness of God have settled, in order to our complete salvation, Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30. Thence he passes to the affair of our perseverance; concerning which he concludes, from the whole of his preceding arguments, that as we are brought into a state of pardon by the free grace of God, through the death of Christ, who is now our mediator in heaven; no possible cause, providing we continue to love and serve God, shall be able to pervert our minds, or separate us from his love in Christ Jesus, Romans 8:31-39. Therefore, αÏα Î¿Ï Î½ is the grand inference from all that he has been arguing in relation to sanctity of life, both to the Gentiles, chap. Romans 6:0, and to the Jews, chap. Romans 7:0, and Romans 8:0, to this verse, where I suppose he begins to address himself to both, in a body, to the end of the chapter.- Taylor, page 317.
