Romans 8:14.

For as many as, etc. This introduces the reason why we ‘shall live , ' indicating again that the mortifying (Romans 8:13) is the work of the Holy Spirit.

Led by the Spirit of God; continuously and specially moved by the Spirit, in their whole life. ‘The passive form expresses its complete dominion, without at the same time denying the voluntary being led on the part of the human will' (Lange).

These are sons of God. These, and none other. In the Epistle to the Galatians there is a similar line of argument, but with more of a polemical purpose; yet even here there is an implied contrast with the Jewish notion that by birth they were entitled to this sonship.

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