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of God ” in this verse, and Christ in you — [ the Spirit is life ] ver. 10, to “the Spirit of Christ” in this verse. For the distinctive marks \_Gnorismata of the Christian] proceed in this order : He who has the Spirit, has Christ ; he who has Christ, has God. — Comp, respecting such an order as this, 1 Cor. xii. 4, etc ; Eph. iv. 4, etc. — sv b/iTv, in you) In, a particle very carefully to be at- tended to in this chapter, ver. 1—4, 8—11, 15, concerning the carnal and spiritual state. We in God, God in us. — olrog) this man in particular does not belong to Christ ; and therefore this whole discourse has no reference to Him. — aurdv, His) Christ’s ; he is a Christian, who belongs to Christ.
10. E / ds Xpnfrbg, And truly if Christ) Where the Spirit of Christ is, there Christ is, comp, the preceding verse. — au^a) the body, sinful, for here it is opposed to the Spirit, not to the soul. — vexpbv) The concrete [not the abstract death ; as the antithetic
life in the abstract] : he says dead, instead of, about to die, with great force; [already] adjudged, and delivered over to death. This is the view and feeling of those, who have experi- enced in themselves [in whom there succeeds] the separation of soul and spirit, or of nature and grace. — d't, bu£) Implying, that the opposition is immediate [and direct between the body and the spirit ], which excludes Purgatory, [a notion] suited neither to body nor spirit, and not consonant to the remaining economy of this very full epistle, ver. 30, 34, 38, ch. vi. 22, 23. — £wj), life) The abstract. — <3/a on account of) Righteousness brings forth life, as sin brings forth death ; life does not bring forth righteousness, [justification] contrary to the opinion of the Papists. — hr/.cuo6\)vriv, justice [ righteousness ]) The just — shall live [Rom. i. 17].
11. ’iyffouv, Jesus) Afterwards in Apodosis, Christ. The name Jesus has respect to Himself ; the name Christ has reference to us. The former appellation, as a proper name, belongs to the person ; the latter, as an appellative, belongs to the office. —
shall quicken [make alive]) comp, life, ver. 6. This life knows no condemnation, ver. 1*- — hta. on account of [or by means off) 2 Cor. i. 22. He is one and the same Spirit, who is the Spirit of Christ, and who is in believers ; therefore as Christ lives, so believers shall live : See App. Crit. Ed. ii. on this passage.1
1 ABC and acc. to Dial. c. Maced. “ Several old MSS.,” Memph. and
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