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Thus the meaning of the first clause of ver. 10 would be, "If Christ be in you, the body of sin in you is dead; but you are alive in the Spirit." Decisive objections to this view are, (1) that the word σῶμα by itself is not elsewhere used as an equivalent to σάρξ , but as denoting our mere bodily organization.
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Thus the meaning of the first clause of ver. 10 would be,...
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10 NIV - Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is...
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And if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead, because of...
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Thus the meaning of the first clause of ver. 10 would be, "If Christ be in you, the body of sin in you is dead; but you are alive in the Spirit." Decisive objections to this view are, (1) that the word σῶμα by itself is not elsewhere used as an equivalent to σάρξ , but as denoting our mere bodily organization.
Without the Spirit, that person does not belong to Christ. Now Paul writes two things that are true of those with Christ living within them. On the one hand, the body is dead because of sin. This likely means that our human, physical, temporary body is dying and will eventually die as the result of sin in us and in the world.
The Body will continue on sinning, but the Holy Spirit indwelling us helps us by acting 'operationally', and that same Holy Spirit that raised Christ from the dead is the same Holy Spirit currently residing within each born-again believer that will 'resurrect' us, as well, and already has, in essence, since we're now "dead to sin," etc. God looks at us, positionally, as being 'dead to sin ...
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Listen to the "Verse by Verse" episode covering this scripture. We previously covered Romans 8:14-15 , which explains that those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
Sep 9, 2021 · The apostle Paul wrote to the believers in Rome, “But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness” (Romans 8:10). To have the Spirit of Christ (verse 9) is to have Christ dwelling in the heart as the principle of life (John 6:56; 15:4; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 3:16, 17).
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We could go to 1 Corinthians 15:44 and see that when our body is raised from the dead, it will be a new spiritual body—not a mere bodiless spirit, not mere flesh and blood, but a new body like Christ's body, perfectly suited for constant spiritual fullness and for life in a new heaven and new earth.
