Romanos 8
Bede
Romanos 8:3
He who came in the likeness of sinful flesh—not in sinful flesh—did not turn away from the remedy by which sinful flesh was ordinarily made clean.… Not from necessity but by way of example he submitted to the water of baptism, by which he wanted the people of the new law of grace to be washed from the stain of sin. — Homilies on the Gospels 1.11
Romanos 8:15
Through the grace of baptism men can by receiving the Holy Spirit be changed from sons of the devil into sons of God. — Homilies on the Gospels 1.12
Romanos 8:18
When we see such extraordinary heirs of the heavenly kingdom suffering so greatly during the time of their mortal exile, what remains for us to do under these circumstances … except to humble ourselves all the more in the sight of our benevolent Maker and Redeemer, as we become more clearly aware that we cannot follow them by imitating either their lives or their deaths? — Homilies on the Gospels 2.23
Romanos 8:25
The certainty of our hope is prefigured by the egg. No offspring is as yet discernible in the egg, but the birth of the bird to come is hoped for. The faithful do not yet look upon the glory of the fatherland on high in which they believe at the present time, but they await its coming in hope. — Homilies on the Gospels 11.14