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Romans 8:10-17 KJV
Romans · chapter 8 · verses 10–17
10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.Romans 8:10-17 · King James Version
Romans 8:10-17 in context
8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Commentary
Cross references
- Galatians 2:20
- Ephesians 3:17
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Romans 8:11
- 2 Corinthians 5:1-4
- John 17:23
- John 11:25-26
- 2 Corinthians 4:14
- Romans 6:4-5
- 2 Corinthians 4:11
- Ephesians 1:19-20
- Romans 8:9
Key words (Strong's)
- dwellethenoikeōto dwell in, metaph. to dwell in one and influence himG1774 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- receivedlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- adoptionyhiothesiaadoption, adoption as sons, that relationship which God was pleased to establish between…G5206 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- quickenzōopoieōto produce alive, begat or bear living young, to cause to live, make alive, give life, by…G2227 →
- debtorsopheiletēsone who owes another, a debtor, one held by some obligation, bound by some duty, one who…G3781 →
- mortifythanatoōto put to death, metaph., to make to dieG2289 →
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In these verses the apostle represents two more excellent benefits, which belong to true believers. I. Life. The happiness is not barely a negative happiness, not to be condemned;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16