Andδὲifεἰthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof him whoτοῦraisedἐγείραντοςJesusτὸν Ἰησοῦνfromἐκthe deadνεκρῶνdwellsοἰκεῖinἐνyou,ὑμῖνhe whoὁraisedἐγείραςthe MessiahΧριστὸνJesusἸησοῦνfromἐκthe deadνεκρῶνwill give lifeζῳοποιήσειalsoκαὶto your mortalτὰ θνητὰ ὑμῶνbodiesσώματαbecause ofδιὰhisαὐτοῦSpiritτὸ πνεῦμαwho dwellsἐνοικοῦνinἐνyou.ὑμῖν
Romans 8:11
Study it in the app“And 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.”
The Spirit who raised Jesus will also give life to our mortal bodiesThe Resurrection
With the Greek beneath
Romans 8:11, word by word
- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- raisedἐγείραντοςegeirantos
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egeirantos” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- dwellsοἰκεῖoikei
dwell, live
Dwell, live in a place; also live with someone.
Where else “oikei” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears- will give lifeζῳοποιήσειzōiopoiēsei
give life
Give life, make alive; restore to life.
Where else “zōiopoiēsei” appears- to your mortalθνητὰthnēta
mortal
Mortal: subject to death.
Where else “thnēta” appears- bodiesσώματαsōmata
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmata” appears- who dwellsἐνοικοῦνenoikoun
dwell in
Dwell in, live within someone.
Where else “enoikoun” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “through his Spirit.”
The context
10But if the Messiah is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 · This verse (above)
12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
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?