BibliographySchaff, Philip. 13:14 — that is, more and more. 3. Do mortify - Do put to death; do destroy. Believers obtain sanctification by the Spirit through the truth. 1. But it is very much to be doubted whether the word ever has this sense in the New Testament. Secondly, prayer and fasting; that is another help likewise. Romans 11:9 - And David says, ' Let their table become a snare and a trap , And a stumbling block and a retribution to them . But if ye by the Spirit; the Holy Spirit, the agent of this process. By this train of reasoning, he has shown that the gospel has accomplished what the Law could not do - the sanctification of the soul, the destruction of the corrupt passions of our nature, and the recovery of man to God. BibliographyBarnes, Albert. Used by permission of Broadman Press (Southern Baptist Sunday School Board). Only Christians who follow God faithfully will experience their eternal life to its fullest potential. (Romans 6:21). W.E. And how can a son of God perish? The rhythm of this verse is quite similar to that observed by Calvin in Romans 7:9-10; Romans 13 a, the life of the flesh is the death of Prayer of Manasseh 1:13 b, the death of the flesh is the life of man. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/romans-8.html. So a man also, that is spiritually mortified, sin is in him made unactive and unfit for the former services and performances which proceeded from it. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die. Romans 8:1-14 English Standard Version (ESV) Life in the Spirit. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hmc/romans-8.html. Hence the striking force of the injunctions--“Crucify the flesh”; “put away the old man”; “cast out the bondwoman”; “cut off the offending right hand,” or “pluck out the right eye.”, 2. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Romans 8:13". The Apostle thus repeats what he had affirmed in the sixth verse, that to be carnally minded is death. Romans 8:13. by the grace and assistance of the Spirit. Romans 8:13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 5. with Philippians 3:19.]. Our life of grace is an evidence and an earnest of the life of glory: Grace is glory in the bud, and glory is grace in the fruit. The former words were a threatening to excite our industry; these are a promise to prevent our dejection. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. BibliographyScofield, C. I. (c) Our mental perversities (Galatians 5:20, “idolatry,” etc.)--. .—If under the influence of the Spirit you reduce to a condition of deadness and atrophy all those practices to which the impulses of your material nature would prompt you. 8. Conformity to Christ is to fit us for heaven, He descended to the grave before He ascended; so our sins must die before our souls can mount. Romans 13:14). 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. BibliographyWesley, John. Ye must die (μελλετε αποτνησκειν — mellete apothnēskein). As creature we (the suffering us of the last verse) look forward to the promised renovation. But are we nothing more? Romans 8:18-31. On the other hand, if we live by the Spirit, following His leading and responding to Him, and if we by His power put to death the (sinful) deeds of our body, we will ‘live’ (a verb only used of believers). The moment they believe, they are justified in Christ and perfectly righteous; and the moment they believe, they are sanctified in Him, and in Him are perfectly holy. This fullness of life involves psychological and social wholeness and well as physical wholeness, under normal circumstances. 1897. Any other use including, but not limited to, copying, posting or reposting on the Internet is prohibited. God’s Spirit in us raises us into the region of spirit. By whom the deeds of the body are to be mortified? 13 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. American Tract Society. First, there is no true pleasure or contentment in it. BibliographyTorrey, R. A. fol. For if you live … - If you live to indulge your carnal propensities, you will sink to eternal death; Romans 7:23. Through the Spirit. 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds … Some would go back to live sinfully (2 Timothy 4:10; 2 Peter 2:20-22)..that means death. Beginning with this passage, Paul entirely dismisses the carnal state, and now that he has finished that part, which he had begun at ch. We should see that, as we are pilgrims in this world, we have for our guide the Spirit of sanctification. ‘Ye shall die, unless ye put to death the deeds of the body;' see Colossians 3:5. The less principal is the Christian himself, If ye, through the Spirit, we can do nothing without him, he will do nothing without us. Note also, the continuance of the act, If ye do mortify, though they had already mortified sin, yet they are called upon to proceed in the work: The ax must be daily laid to the root, and the knife must still stick in the throat of sin, till it drop down dead. In which observe, 1. 5. Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament. Through its worldwide reach, Biblica engages people with God's Word so that their lives are transformed through a relationship with Jesus Christ. As we see it is again in nature, that those who have the strongest constitutions, they have commonly the painfullest deaths. To mortify sin is not merely to smite and oppose it, but to put it to death--to have “no confidence in the flesh”--to “yield no member to uncleanness”--to “deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts”--to “avoid the very appearance of evil”--to “let it not be so much as named among you as becometh saints.” It means, that “if sinners entice, we are to consent not”; but in every sense to “be not overcome with evil,” but to “resist the devil, and he will flee from us,” clinging hard and fast by “the God of peace, who shall bruise Satan under our feet shortly.”. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/romans-8.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/romans-8.html. Self-control is one of that sweet cluster called "the fruit of the Spirit," in Galatians 5:22." But he tempers this by the bright alternative, that if they do, through the Spirit, mortify the deeds of the body, such a course will infallibly terminate in "life" everlasting. IV. There are babes in Christ, Corinthians 3:1; there are little children, and young men, and fathers, John 2:12. "ye shall live"-can the Christian treat sin in a casual manner? — The deeds of the body are the works which corrupt nature produces. Whither does this principle, whose impelling power takes the place of the flesh, lead us? BibliographySimeon, Charles. "E.W. "Flesh" and "spirit" are essentially and unchangeably opposed (not substantially, however-as some dream-but morally); nor can the carnal mind, as such, be brought into real subjection to the law of God. There must be a combat before a victory, and a victory before a triumph. We should pray that God would grant unto us according to the riches of His glory, that we may be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. ]; no wonder therefore that it terminates in everlasting death.]. It may be joined either (1.) spiritually minded. First, it does imply an active and spontaneous opposition of sin of our own accord. To live “after the flesh” is to obey the orders of our corrupt nature; to gratify its sinful desires without regard to or in contradiction of the will of God. ‘The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.’. Compare Romans 4:24; 1 Thessalonians 3:4; James 2:12. 2. Habitual practices. It may be further inquired, whether such an one may be so left to live after the flesh, as to die and perish eternally; Christ expressly says, such shall not die that live and believe in him; grace, which is implanted in their souls, is an incorruptible and never dying seed; grace and glory are inseparably connected together; but then such persons may die with respect to their frames, their comforts and the lively exercise of grace, which seems to be here intended; as appears from the next clause. Bibliography"Commentary on Romans 8:13". An enemy may better be kept out than cast out when he has got possession. And the covenant with ungodliness must be dissolved. Thirdly, from the covenant of grace which God hath made with all believers, which is to bestow His Spirit upon them to this purpose, as Ezekiel 36:27. BibliographyConstable, Thomas. (S. Charnock, B.D.). And do they not fulfil St. Paul’s words, “If ye live after the flesh ye shall die”? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/romans-8.html. The proper object of this duty, The deeds of the body, by which all sin is to be understood, relating both to the inward and outward man, though the latter only be mentioned, becuase the body is that which is manifestativum pecatti, it is that wherein sin doth especially shew and discover itself. If they are put to death, you will be saved. Mortify the deeds of the body; resist, overcome, and cease to gratify sinful inclinations, and thus cause them to die. First, the command of God, who has laid this duty upon us. Every vessel must be emptied of its foul water before it can receive that which is clean. Occurances, Romans 12:4. IT is of infinite importance to know our state as it is before God, and to ascertain on scriptural grounds, what our condition will be in the eternal world. Grounds of encouragement for the συμπάσχειν ἵνα κ. συνδοξ. But if ye through the Spirit - If ye seek that grace and spiritual help which the Gospel of Christ furnishes, resist, and, by resisting, mortify the deeds of the flesh, against which the law gave you no assistance, ye shall live a life of faith, love, and holy obedience here, and a life of glory hereafter. 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, is contrary to the grace of God; but flesh may prevail and greatly influence the life and conversation, for a while; how long this may be the case of a true believer, under backslidings, through the power of corruptions and temptations, cannot be known; but certain it is, that it shall not be always thus with him. In all this we are reminded that, while we cannot in this life attain to the fulfilling of the law in our own persons, we must seek to be conformed to that law, and so mortify the old man in our members, otherwise it is a proof that we have no part in the righteousness of Christ. This may be illustrated by the injunction--“If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out”; not that Jesus would have us literally maim the body which He created perfect. Ye shall live; a holy and blessed life-a life that shall outlive death, and be perfected in a world of life, light, and joy, where, as long as Christ lives, all who have his Spirit shall live with him, and be like him. It is very unsuitable for sin’s drudges to have a saint’s portion. Surely, as the Prince of Orange said to his soldiers at the battle of Newport when they had the sea on the one side and the Spaniards on the other; If, saith he, you will live, you must either eat up these Spaniards, or drink up this sea; so must men either eat up their fleshly lusts, or drink of the burning lake: Fire and brimstone shall be else the portion of their cup, Psalms 11:6. "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". Death in the fullest sense is here meant, not eternal death alone, and certainly not physical death, which comes to all men; comp. What so delicate, so useful, or so expressive a feature as the right eye! New York, USA. "Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges". Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. This is a duty which lies upon every Christian, to exercise and inure himself to mortification, that is, to the killing and crucifying of sin in him. Be it known then that we have but this alternative, mortification, or damnation. ]:” for it is an eternal truth, that, “if we live after the flesh, we shall die.”], [We are in great danger of mistaking the nature and extent of that mortification which is required of us in the text. The second is the object of this duty, or the matter which it is conversant about. Used by Permission. These should come to an end, because in the Christian the Spirit should direct and penetrate all, even his eating and drinking, according to the example quoted by the apostle, 1 Corinthians 10:31. 2. sin. Through the Spirit - By the aid of the Spirit; by cherishing and cultivating his influences. BibliographyBullinger, Ethelbert William. We are to seek in Him the cause of our justification, and observe in ourselves its proofs and effects. 1835. (c) Mortification is a voluntary, rational work of the soul; restraints are not so. We have brought this rebel into our souls, and God would have us make as it were some recompence by endeavouring to cast it out. The adoption — Persons who had been privately adopted among the Romans were often brought forth into the forum, and there publicly owned as their sons by those who adopted them. "Commentary on Romans 8:13". No indulgence to be shown to it; not the loss of a member, but the loss of its life. (6) Since the Holy Ghost is, in the same breath, called indiscriminately “the Spirit of God,” “the Spirit of Christ,” and “Christ” Himself (as an indwelling life in believers), the essential unity and yet Personal distinctness of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, m the one adorable Godhead must be believed, as the only consistent explanation of such language (Romans 8:9-11). So at the general resurrection, when the body itself is redeemed from death, the sons of God shall be publicly owned by him in the great assembly of men and angels. Man must be an agent in this work. It signifies nothing what may be the immediate path which we choose for ourselves, provided our main object be to gratify ourselves. The body— Analogous to but not identical with the flesh. Secondly, of spiritual life, “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith,” etc. It is not then of himself, of his own power or will, that he is able to do this. And those, let me say, who, without giving way to those grosset vices, let their minds be swallowed up with vanity, always longing to be seen and looked at, and wondering what folks will say of them, they too give way to the flesh, and lower themselves to the likeness of animals. Romans 8:13. Thus is explained the ye shall live, which applies to every moment of the believer"s existence on to the state of perfection. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jab/romans-8.html. Copyright StatementThe Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. Interlinear Bible © 2011 - 2018 by Biblos.com in cooperation with Helps Ministries Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible © 2012, Used by Permission Bible Hub which the gloss explains by "he shall humble himself"; walk humbly before God and men, in his life and conversation. Better cut off the hand than lose the head; rather maim the body than mar the soul. Learn hence, Mortification must be universal as well as continual, not one deed, but deeds; not the deeds of the body only, but of the soul also must be mortified; all evil dispostiions, depraved habits, corrupt affections, as well as irregular actions, must be watched against, and the whole body of sin become the object of mortification. In which observe, 1. Soph. ye shall live — in the sense of Romans 6:22. By what means may we effectually mortify sin? Hence. Cf. Romans 7:10; Romans 7:24, Romans 8:6; Romans 8:10. Ambition decays in age when strength is wasted, but sprouts up in a young man. Mortify; i.e. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die — in the sense of Romans 6:21. but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body — (See on Romans 7:23). Vine's Epistle to the Romans, published in 1957 by Zondervon was really helpful as was the Introductory Lectures, Volume 2-Paul's Epistles by William Kelly--Lectures delivered in 1869 and reprinted by Believer's Bookshelf in 1970; Synopsis 1832. If religion be worth anything, it is worth everything; therefore sacrifice anything but Christ. We wish to do a right thing, and at the very same time long to do a wrong one, as if we were a better and a worse man struggling for the mastery. Inimicorum nequissimum devici, carnem meam, said he. BibliographyEdwards, Justin. (13) If ye through the Spirit . “Through the Spirit.” We must first have the Spirit, that we may experience His sanctifying power. But all this falls very far short of our duty: we must not be lopping off branches; but must lay our axe to the root. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". But the apostle supposes this idea to come out clearly enough from the expressed contrast: not to the flesh, and continues as if he had expressed it: "But if through the Spirit," etc. 3. Now, this is done only by the Spirit which is active in us to this purpose. There are some, that by body here do understand the corrupt nature, the same that before in many places he calls the flesh: this was called, Romans 8:6, the body of sin, and here it is called the body. Some would go back to depend on their moral capital (Galatians 3:3)--that means death. 2, iv. The believer neither indulges nor walks according to them, but mortifies and puts them to death. Every one does that; but we hope we shall be able to make our peace with God before we die.” That kind of religion has done more harm than most kinds of irreligion. This closes the argument of the apostle for the superiority of the gospel to the Law in promoting the purity of man. 4. Ye shall die, are about to die. Such persons are dead, whilst they live, and shall die a second or an eternal death, if grace prevent not. "The Bible Study New Testament". As it consists principally in making self our idol, we must watch against it, and labour to bring it into subjection, that God in all things may be glorified by us. They hold that there is no more progress in sanctification than there is in justification, and that both are complete at once on believing the truth. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/romans-8.html. "Here is a terrible warning: . None can overcome the strong man, but some one that is stronger than he indeed is. Verse 12. Romans 8:13 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. Copyright StatementThese files are considered public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available in the Online Bible Software Library. But all Christians are not equal in faith, neither, then, are they equal in sanctification; and as a Christian advances in faith, he advances in sanctification. Remember the parable of the old heathen. σῶμα is not used here for σάρξ (Reiche and others); Paul has not become inconsistent with his own use of language (Stirm in Tüb. If anyone sows to the flesh (Galatians 6:8) he reaps corruption. That sanctification, however, is not in themselves; it is in Christ, as much as their justification. Do mortify - Do put to death; do destroy. These Scriptures are not shareware and may not be duplicated.These scriptures are not public domain. How Christ lives and works in his followers; their blessedness here, and their happiness hereafter, 9-17. “For if you live after the flesh, you are about to die; but if through the Spirit you kill out the habits of the body, you shall live.” This life is an irrepressible conflict between the spirit drawing us upward and the flesh gravitating earthward, sinward and hellward. Renewal 1960. But there is also a bright side. Nothing but the death of sin must content a renewed soul. From Romans 8:13, St. Paul, having finished what he had begun, Romans 6:1, describes purely the state of believers. But if ye by the Spirit, etc. ii. Do not all these in some way or other live after the flesh? Deeds performed by the body, being the deeds which the body, as the organ of sin, performs. "Commentary on Romans 8:13". This is an evidence that they have “passed from death unto life” (John 5:24). No man can be saved in his sins. (3) No human refinement of the carnal mind will make it spiritual, or compensate for the absence of spirituality. We may well wonder at this marvellous grace of God, who has annexed such glorious consequences to our poor and feeble endeavours. In the repentance of those, over whom the flesh had dominion, and in the temptations of those, over whom the spirit reigns, the flesh and the spirit are, so to speak, evenly balanced; grace preventing [i.e. In fellowship with holy men, how hateful sin appears! But, oh sinner, what will be the end of thy present pursuits? It takes away every ground of hope from those who profess to know God, and in works deny Him; for they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Melloo (Greek #3195), as distinguished from the simple future, denotes an action already begun, or at least in preparation, rather than wholly future: see the note at Matthew 2:13, p. 7. Paul viewed the presentation of ourselves to God as an initial act of commitment ( Romans 6:13; Romans 12:1), but He wrote that we must daily and hourly choose to mortify our flesh (cf. Common sense tells you that the only way to get to the end is by beginning at the beginning, which is now. “If ye do not kill sin, it will kill you.” But he tempers this by the bright alternative, that if they do, through the Spirit, mortify the deeds of the body, such a course will infallibly terminate in “life” everlasting. Why does the apostle say: the works of the body, and not of the flesh? that is, indeed, the sins and miscarriages of the whole man. There may be pride, ambition, covetousness, uncleanness, when they are not externally acted; which is more dangerous, as infectious diseases are when they are hindered by cold from a kindly eruption, and strike inward to the heart, and so prove mortal. With God, final victory (Romans 8:2-4). 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