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Romans 8:1 KJV
Romans · chapter 8 · verse 1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.Romans 8:1 · King James Version
What Romans 8:1 means
Therefore points back at chapter seven, which ends with Paul describing a fight he keeps losing. No condemnation comes right after that, not after a victory. Now is the other word to notice — a present state rather than a verdict still pending.
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Romans 8:1 in context
1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Commentary
Cross references
- John 3:18-19
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- Galatians 3:13
- Romans 5:1
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
- Titus 2:11-14
- Romans 4:7-8
- John 5:24
Key words (Strong's)
- condemnationkatakrimadamnatory sentence, condemnationG2631 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- walkperipateōto walk, to make one s way, progress to make due use of opportunities, Hebrew for, to…G4043 →
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I. The apostle here beings with one signal privilege of true Christians, and describes the character of those to whom it belongs: There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus, Rom 8:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9