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Butδὲifεἰthe MessiahΧριστὸςisinἐνyou,ὑμῖνthe bodyτὸ σῶμαisdeadνεκρὸνbecause ofδιὰsin,ἁμαρτίανbutδὲthe spiritτὸ πνεῦμαislifeζωὴbecause ofδιὰrighteousness.δικαιοσύνην
Romans 8:10
Study it in the app“But if the Messiah is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 8:10, word by word
- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- the bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- deadνεκρὸνnekron
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekron” appears- sinἁμαρτίανhamartian
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appears- the spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- lifeζωὴzōē
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōē” appears- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosynēn
righteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēn” appears
Translation note
“The spirit” may be the human spirit or the Spirit of God, who gives life.
The context
9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, this person is not his.
10 · This verse (above)
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised the Messiah Jesus from the dead will give life also to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who dwells in you.
To study Romans 8 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say in vv. 38-39 will not be able to separate us from the love of God?
2. What it means
Paul begins by saying there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus (v. 1). What does that mean to you?
3. How I live it
The Spirit helps us in weakness when we do not know what to ask (v. 26). How do you pray when you cannot find words?