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Romans 8
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Romans 8 . 1
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:1TTScapegoat (Removal of Sins) Cities of Refuge (Safety in Christ)
Romans 8 . 2
2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:2
Romans 8 . 3
3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:3TTPool of Bethesda (Ineffective Ritual vs Christ's Power)LTLaw and Righteousness
Romans 8 . 4
4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:4TTPool of Bethesda (Ineffective Ritual vs Christ's Power)
Romans 8 . 5
5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:5
Romans 8 . 6
6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:6
Romans 8 . 7
7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:7
Romans 8 . 8
8 Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.CRomans 08:1-8TOSKRomans 8:8
Romans 8 . 9
9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.CRomans 08:9-13TOSKRomans 8:9
Romans 8 . 10
10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.CRomans 08:9-13TOSKRomans 8:10
Romans 8 . 11
11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.CRomans 08:9-13TOSKRomans 8:11
Romans 8 . 12
12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.CRomans 08:9-13TOSKRomans 8:12
Romans 8 . 13
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.CRomans 08:9-13TOSKRomans 8:13TTCircumcision (Circumcision of the Heart)
Romans 8 . 14
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.TOSKRomans 8:14TTAnointing Oil (Holy Spirit)
Romans 8 . 15
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”TOSKRomans 8:15
Romans 8 . 16
16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.TOSKRomans 8:16
Romans 8 . 17
17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.TOSKRomans 8:17TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory)LTLand and Inheritance
Romans 8 . 18
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.TOSKRomans 8:18TTRejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory)
Romans 8 . 19
19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.IPIsaiah 11:6-9TOSKRomans 8:19TTNew Creation (Cosmic Redemption) Sabbatical Year (Land Rest and Trust)LTSonship
Romans 8 . 20
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hopeIPGenesis 3:17 Genesis 3:17-19TOSKRomans 8:20TTAdam (The First and Last Adam) New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) Sabbatical Year (Land Rest and Trust) Tree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ)
Romans 8 . 21
21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.TOSKRomans 8:21LTCreation and New Creation
Romans 8 . 22
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.TOSKRomans 8:22
Romans 8 . 23
23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.TOSKRomans 8:23TTFirst Fruits (Christ's Resurrection)
Romans 8 . 24
24 For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?TOSKRomans 8:24
Romans 8 . 25
25 But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.TOSKRomans 8:25
Romans 8 . 26
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:26TTGolden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession)
Romans 8 . 27
27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:27
Romans 8 . 28
28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:28TTBook of Life (God's Record of the Elect)
Romans 8 . 29
29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:29TTFirst-Born Redemption (Consecration to God) Image of God (Priestly Vocation) Jacob (Transformed Supplanter)
Romans 8 . 30
30 And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:30TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence)
Romans 8 . 31
31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:31
Romans 8 . 32
32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?IPGenesis 22:16CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:32TTAbraham (Father of Faith) Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Isaac (Child of Promise) Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)
Romans 8 . 33
33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:33
Romans 8 . 34
34 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.IPExodus 28:29CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:34TTBreastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart) Aaron (The Great High Priest) High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)
Romans 8 . 35
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:35
Romans 8 . 36
36 As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”IPPsalm 44:22CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:36TTDivine Warrior (God Who Fights)
Romans 8 . 37
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:37TTConquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ) Divine Warrior (God Who Fights)
Romans 8 . 38
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:38
Romans 8 . 39
39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.CRomans 08:26-39TOSKRomans 8:39
Intertextuality Pairs 7
Trajectory Tables 29
- Aaron (The Great High Priest) Trajectory Table
- Adam (The First and Last Adam) Trajectory Table
- Altar of Incense (Christ's Intercession) Trajectory Table
- Anointing Oil (Holy Spirit) Trajectory Table
- Boaz (Kinsman-Redeemer) Trajectory Table
- Book of Life (God's Record of the Elect) Trajectory Table
- Breastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart) Trajectory Table
- Circumcision (Circumcision of the Heart) Trajectory Table
- Cities of Refuge (Safety in Christ) Trajectory Table
- Conquest of Canaan Trajectory Table
- Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Trajectory Table
- Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments) Trajectory Table
- Divine Warrior (God Who Fights) Trajectory Table
- First Fruits Trajectory Table
- First-Born Redemption (Consecration to God) Trajectory Table
- Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) Trajectory Table
- Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession) Trajectory Table
- High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session) Trajectory Table
- Image of God (Priestly Vocation) Trajectory Table
- Isaac (Child of Promise) Trajectory Table
- Joseph (The Suffering Savior) Trajectory Table
- New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) Trajectory Table
- Pillar of Cloud and Fire (Divine Guidance and Protection) Trajectory Table
- Pool of Bethesda (Ineffective Ritual vs Christ's Power) Trajectory Table
- Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory) Trajectory Table
- Sabbatical Year (Land Rest and Trust) Trajectory Table
- Scapegoat (Removal of Sins) Trajectory Table
- Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins) Trajectory Table
- Valley of Dry Bones (Regeneration by the Spirit) Trajectory Table
Longitudinal Themes 4
Anchor Texts 3
Chiasm 5
Cycles 8
- Cycle 06 — Joseph: Pit to Throne, Suffering to Saving Glory (Genesis 37-50)
- Cycle 07 — The Exodus: Plagues, Passover, and the Birth of the Nation (Exodus 1-18, reaching the Sinai commission and golden calf of Exod. 19; 32)
- Cycle 09 — Wilderness Wanderings: The 40-Year Probation (Numbers; Deuteronomy)
- Cycle 13 — David: The Shepherd-King and the Covenant (2 Samuel; Psalms 2, 16, 22, 89, 110)
- Cycle 18 — The Return and the Silence: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi (538–400 BC)
- Cycle 20 — Ministry and Passion: Commission Executed, the Cross at the Center
- Cycle 22 — Pentecost and the Church: The Age of the Spirit (Acts 2–28; Epistles; Revelation 2–3)
- Cycle 23 — The Consummation: The Pattern Ended, the New Creation Permanent