Romanos 8

Diodorus of Tarsus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)

Romanos 8:1

Paul shows here that those who are under the law, because they live according to the flesh, are under sin and condemnation. But those who are in Christ are not under condemnation because they do not walk according to the flesh. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Romanos 8:11

Having already mentioned the Spirit of Christ, Paul refers to him once more, calling him "the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead." By saying that the Spirit of Christ is also the Spirit of the Father, Paul teaches clearly that the Spirit of the Son partakes of the Father's divinity and that their power is one, because they share the same essence as the Father. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Romanos 8:15

In reality, the spirit of slavery and the spirit of sonship were one and the same Spirit, who was given to people according to what they deserved, whether it was good or evil. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Romanos 8:16

Paul showed by this that he called the soul "spirit" when it was spiritual, and the gift of the Spirit "Spirit." — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Romanos 8:17

Here "suffer with him" does not mean that we should sympathize and come to the aid of the sufferer, as it usually does in everyday parlance. Christ did not suffer in order to get attention, nor did he undergo weakness in order to gain the sympathy of those who felt sorry for him. To suffer with Christ means to endure the same sufferings that he was forced to suffer by the Jews because he preached the gospel.… If we suffer with him we shall be worthy to be glorified with him as well. This glory is the reward of our sufferings and is not to be regarded as a free gift. The free gift is that we have received remission of our former sins. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Romanos 8:19

The Scriptures often suggest that the visible creation is animate and that the universe has a rational sensibility. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Romanos 8:29

This text does not take away our free will. It uses the word foreknew before predestined. Now it is clear that "foreknowledge" does not by itself impose any particular kind of behavior. What is said here would be clearer if we started from the end and worked backwards. Whom did God glorify? Those whom he justified. Whom did he predestine? Those whom he foreknew, who were called according to his plan, i.e., who demonstrated that they were worthy to be called by his plan and made conformable to Christ. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH