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ROMANS 8:23 ui`oqesi,an {A}
Several witnesses, chiefly Western (î46vid D G 614 itd, g _al_), omit
ui`oqesi,an, a word that copyists doubtless found to be both clumsy in
the context and dispensable,...
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Verse 23. _AND NOT ONLY THEY, BUT OURSELVES ALSO_] Neither the
_Gentiles_ only, but we _Jews_ also, (however we belong to a nation
envious of the heathen,) to whom God hath granted the first fruits of...
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AND NOT ONLY THEY - Not only the creation in general. “But ourselves
also.” Christians.
WHICH HAVE THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT - The word used
ἀπαρχὴ aparchē denotes properly the first-fruits of...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_
2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .)
3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .)
4. Sons and Heirs of God. (Romans 8:12 .)...
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THE BIRTH-PANGS OF IMMORTALITY.
Romans 8:18. These present sufferings are light beyond comparison, in
view of the glory awaiting us at the coming revelation. The destined
glory is hidden under a fles...
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THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
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FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. The gifts of the Holy Spirit as the
foretaste and pledge of the eternal inheritance. Compare Ephesians
1:14.Hebrews 6:5. See Exodus 23:19; Leviticus 23:10, &c.
FIRSTFRUITS....
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Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them:
Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
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The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life,
under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and
to GOD.
(12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
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ΑΠΑΡΧΉ (G536) первый плод. Первая доля
урожая, которая рассматривается
одновременно и как первое проявление
и как знак конечного избавления
целого (Barrett). _Gen._ аппозиции. Дух Святой
рассматривает...
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DISCOURSE: 1874
THE STATE OF GOD’S CHILDREN
Romans 8:23. _And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the a...
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_ROMANS 8:19_.— I must think, that it was quite to the Apostle's
purpose in this place to point at the common calamities of mankind.
Christians ought not to be uneasy if they are exposed to sufferings...
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_TEXT_
Romans 8:18-25. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
to us-ward. Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of...
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And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
AND NOT ONL...
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Conciliation-Individual
11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their
vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the
present power of God's Spirit to use an...
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8:23 groan (f-19) As Mark 7:34 . adoption, (g-23) See Note, ver. 15....
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THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT
It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin
is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as
to...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 8
THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39
FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4
V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
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(18-25) The mention of “suffering” and of “glory” recalls the
Apostle to a sense of his own position — what he had to go through,
and what was the hope that he had to animate and encourage him. A
vivi...
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CHAPTER 18
HOLINESS BY THE SPIRIT, AND THE GLORIES THAT SHALL FOLLOW
Romans 8:12
Now the Apostle goes on to develop these noble premisses into
conclusions. How true to himself, and to his Inspirer,...
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Second testimony to the glorious future. οὐ μόνον δὲ _sc._
ἡ κτίσις not only all creation, but we Christians: we
ourselves, τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματος
ἔχοντες. τοῦ πνεύματος is gen of apposition: the
s...
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HOPING FOR THE COMPLETED REDEMPTION
Romans 8:18
Creation groans for freedom from the serpent's trail. Like a captive
maiden she sighs to be delivered from the curse which sin has brought
upon her. T...
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The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with
the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass
into the consciousness of no condemnation.
Having shown the...
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(22) And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within (d)
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], (e) the redemption of
our body...
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Redemptionem corporis, i.e. complete happiness, says St. John
Chrysostom, p. 119. _Greek: toutesti ten apertismenen doxan._...
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THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED
BELIEVER.
At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the
_oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
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For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (19) For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manif...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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_THE SACRING OF PAIN_
‘The whole creation … travaileth in pain.’
Romans 8:22
It is held that pain came in with sin; and will go out with sin. This,
however, is to be taken with certain reservations...
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23._And not only so_, _etc. _There are those who think that the
Apostle intended here to exalt the dignity of our future blessedness,
and by this proof, because all things look for it with ardent desi...
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"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ
Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the
blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
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AND NOT ONLY THEY, BUT OURSELVES ALSO,.... Not only they Gentiles, but
we Jews likewise:
WHICH HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT: meaning either the apostles,
who were all Jews, and who most of them...
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And not only _they_, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, _to wit_, the redemption of our body.
Ver. 23. _...
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Rom. 8:23. "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." T...
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_And not only they_ The unenlightened and unrenewed part of mankind;
_but we ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit_
Because first-fruits signify the best things of their kind, some t...
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NOT ONLY THEY; the creatures which unwillingly suffer, or are
perverted and abused through the sins of men.
BUT OURSELVES ALSO; true Christians, who are born of the Spirit, and
have the foretastes of...
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AND NOT ONLY THEY, BUT OURSELVES ALSO, WHICH HAVE THE FIRST-FRUITS OF
THE SPIRIT, EVEN WE OURSELVES GROAN WITHIN OURSELVES, WAITING FOR THE
ADOPTION, TO WIT, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY....
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DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH
We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself.
Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will
show us it is decidedly...
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Expectation - What do you expect?
Creature - humanity, people of the earth, creation
Wait - patience is waiting
20 All creation - animals and man
Frustrated - not by our choice
By the will of God...
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AND NOT ONLY SO, BUT OURSELVES ALSO, WHO HAVE THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE
SPIRIT, EVEN WE OURSELVES GROAN WITHIN OURSELVES, WAITING FOR OUR
ADOPTION, TO WIT, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY. "AND NOT ONLY SO...
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18-25 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things
of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions,
and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence o...
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The apostle had asserted and concluded, ROMANS 8:18, that there is a
future glory to be revealed hereafter in the saints, such as
infinitely transcends their sufferings now; and this he had confirmed...
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And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. [And not only do w...
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Five Books in Reply to Marcion
A pledge;[108]...
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Romans 8:23 G1161 Not G3756 only G3440 but G235 we G846 also G2532
have G2192 (G5723) firstfruits G536 Spirit G4151 even G2532 we G2249
ourselves G846 groan G4727 (G5719) within G1722 ourselves G1438...
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THE WHOLE OF CREATION IS GROANING IN EXPECTATION OF ITS REDEMPTION.
AND GOD'S PEOPLE ALSO GROAN WITH IT, AS DOES THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF
ON OUR BEHALF (8:18-27).
In spite of the division necessarily...
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3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE
GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ .
This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is
a...
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THE FIRST FRUITS
(την απαρχην). Old and common metaphor.OF THE SPIRIT
(του πνευματος). The genitive of apposition. The Holy
Spirit came on the great Pentecost and his blessings continue as seen
i...
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ADOPTION
Literally, placing as sons.
See Adoption, (Romans 8:15)....
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Romans 8:19
I. The groaning creation. We are surrounded by the evidences of a
conflicting existence, a state of being not all evil, certainly;
certainly not all of God. All things about us show the w...
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Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._
To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
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CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving
deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the
believer and his security.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
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The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and
deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is
a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
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WE WHO HAVE THE SPIRIT. This is Paul's second reason (_see_ Romans
8:18). This also points to the glorious future! AS THE FIRST OF GOD'S
GIFTS. APARCHE - FIRST-PORTION (Jewish term for anything set ap...
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_For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God._
THE EXPECTATION OF THE CREATURE
The Greek for “expectation” is one of those admirable words which
that...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the
letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Romans
5:1), and now he concludes with the same emphasis.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var ima...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 8:19. EXPECTATION.—In the original a highly figurative word.
Hope stands with head erect, and with eyes fixed towards the point
from which the blessing is expected to come. WA...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 8:1
(_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ
_Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the
Exposition, may be referred to in...
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Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as
we take off.
In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the
realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
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1 John 3:2; 1 Peter 1:7; 2 Corinthians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 5:5; 2
Corinthians 7:5; 2 Timothy 4:8; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 4:30;
Ephesians 5:9;...
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And even we, who have the first — fruits of the Spirit — That is,
the Spirit, who is the first — fruits of our inheritance. The
adoption — Persons who had been privately adopted among the Romans
were...
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AND NOT ONLY THEY; that is, all the creatures in this visible
creation, join in this, they groan together; they do not some groan,
and others sing; some travail in pain, and others in pleasure. But
th...