“For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” -Romans 8:7–8 As Paul continues his explanation of the two potential states of mindedness (phronema/φρονημα) of the individual and how it relates […]
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Two Trajectories of Mindedness
“For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” -Romans 8:6 The two ways of living have two different ends. For the man who sets his mind on the flesh, his end is death. For the man who sets his mind on […]
Living According To Is Setting One’s Mind On
“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 set their minds on the things of the Spirit.” -Romans 8:5 It is necessary for Paul to clarify the difference between those who “walk according to the flesh” and those […]
What God Has Done
“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh […]
Set Free By the Spirit of Life
“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” -Romans 8:2 Picking up the theme of law again, Paul contrasts the two possible states of a human being to explain the reason for his bold statement that there is now no condemnation. […]
Jesus is the Answer
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.” -Romans 7:25 Paul concludes his argument that the law is not sinful but sin is sinful by assuring his readers that the answer to […]
Wretched Man That I Am!
“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” -Romans 7:24 Paul concludes his argument with this vehement exclamation: ταλαίπωρος ἄνθρωπος ἐγώ! ταλαίπωρος (Talaiporos) is a strong word and the only other time it’s used in the New Testament is in Revelation 3:17. The word means to be miserable, wretched, […]
Conflicting Laws
“So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law […]
Nothing Good Dwells In Me
“For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now […]
The Law is Good
“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that […]