Continuing on with Romans. This is NKJV, comments in >>blue.
Occasional NLT version in red:
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
>>This follows Romans 7 in which Paul laid out how that he wanted to do right and follow the law of God, yet he often failed and sinned, explaining that the flesh still has the sin nature in it. Paul makes it clear that there is no condemnation for us who are "in" Christ Jesus. He defines that a little bit by describing those who "walk" according to the Spirit. What is your walk? It is how you are traveling through life and specifically, what you are walking after, as in following. What is your mind on? What are you consciously putting your efforts towards?
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
>>Again Paul describes a governing attribute in life as a "law". It is a foregone conclusion that if you are one with the Spirit of God, then you are free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
NLT :3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
>>Because of our fleshy, carnal nature, the law could not do anything for us, as in save us or make us holy. Sin actually used the law to condemn us. The law required payment for the sin in us, and God sent His Son to represent us and be the payment for us. The law was like a contract on our lives and Jesus fulfilled the contract and gives us that new start free from the debt.
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
>>So the law/contract is fulfilled in us, those who are following the Spirit. We actually owe Christ Jesus big time. Luckily, He is not a heavy-handed overlord. He made it a free gift. We should be forever thankful.
Occasional NLT version in red:
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
>>This follows Romans 7 in which Paul laid out how that he wanted to do right and follow the law of God, yet he often failed and sinned, explaining that the flesh still has the sin nature in it. Paul makes it clear that there is no condemnation for us who are "in" Christ Jesus. He defines that a little bit by describing those who "walk" according to the Spirit. What is your walk? It is how you are traveling through life and specifically, what you are walking after, as in following. What is your mind on? What are you consciously putting your efforts towards?
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
>>Again Paul describes a governing attribute in life as a "law". It is a foregone conclusion that if you are one with the Spirit of God, then you are free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
NLT :3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
>>Because of our fleshy, carnal nature, the law could not do anything for us, as in save us or make us holy. Sin actually used the law to condemn us. The law required payment for the sin in us, and God sent His Son to represent us and be the payment for us. The law was like a contract on our lives and Jesus fulfilled the contract and gives us that new start free from the debt.
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
>>So the law/contract is fulfilled in us, those who are following the Spirit. We actually owe Christ Jesus big time. Luckily, He is not a heavy-handed overlord. He made it a free gift. We should be forever thankful.
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