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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Romans 8 As the former chapter shows that sanctified ones are not free from the being of sin in them, which is a ground of general complaint and uneasiness; this chapter shows, that justified ones are freed from the guilt of sin, and secure from punishment for it; and have the utmost reason to rejoice and be glad, and even to triumph in a plerophory and full assurance of faith, on...
John Gill
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die,.... Such persons are dead, whilst they live, and shall die a second or an eternal death, if grace prevent not. It may be asked, whether one that has received the grace of God in truth, can live after the flesh; flesh, or corrupt nature, though still in such a person, has not the dominion over him: to live in sin, or in a continued course of sinning,...
Matthew Henry
The apostle, having fully explained the doctrine of justification, and pressed the necessity of sanctification, in this chapter applies himself to the consolation of the Lord's people. Ministers are helpers of the joy of the saints. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa. xl. 1. It is the will of God that his people should be a comforted people. And we have here such a...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: If you live simply to gratify your ambition, if you live for avarice, if you live to please yourself, if you live for any earthly object which can be comprised under the term “after the flesh,” you will certainly be disappointed, for you will die, and your hope will die with you. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: It is a dying thing, and “ye shall die” if ye live after its dying fashion.. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the Spirit— That living, immortal power—
Charles H. Spurgeon
Do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God: Oh, high dignity and blessed privilege! As soon as ever we get away from the dominion of the flesh, and come to be led by the Spirit of God, and so become spiritual men, we have the evidence that we are the sons of God, for “God is a Spirit,” so his sons must be spiritual.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: It will die, and so will you, who make it your master. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. “Mortify,” kill, put to death.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: For the flesh is to die. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the Spirit do mortify — Or, kill — Rom_8:13. The deeds of the body, ye shall live. Shall a dying body, then, be my master? Shall the appetite for eating and drinking, or anything else that comes of the flesh, dominate my spirit? God forbid! Let death go to death, and the flesh is such; but the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For 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. It is a live thing, and a quickening thing, for ye shall live.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For 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. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Your “universal fatherhood” is rubbish. “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God,” and none others. This is the essential to sonship — that we should have the Spirit of God within...