Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But--"And."
if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you--that is, "If He dwell in you as the Spirit of the Christ-raising One," or, "in all the resurrection-power which He put forth in raising Jesus."
he that raised up Christ from the dead--Observe the change of name from Jesus, as the historical Individual whom God raised from the dead, to CHRIST, the same Individual, considered as the Lord and Head of all His members, or of redeemed Humanity [ALFORD].
shall also quicken--rather, "shall quicken even"
your mortal bodies by--the true reading appears to be "by reason of."
his Spirit that dwelleth in you--"Your bodies indeed are not exempt from the death which sin brought in; but your spirits even now have in them an undying life, and if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, even these bodies of yours, though they yield to the last enemy and the dust of them return to the dust as it was, shall yet experience the same resurrection as that of their living Head, in virtue of the indwelling of same Spirit in you that quickened Him."
And if Christ be in you--by His indwelling Spirit in virtue of which we have one life with him.
the body--"the body indeed."
is dead because of--"by reason of"
sin; but the spirit is life because--or, "by reason"
of righteousness--The word "indeed," which the original requires, is of the nature of a concession--"I grant you that the body is dead . . . and so far redemption is incomplete, but," etc.; that is, "If Christ be in you by His indwelling Spirit, though your 'bodies' have to pass through the stage of 'death' in consequence of the first Adam's 'sin,' your spirit is instinct with new and undying 'life,' brought in by the 'righteousness' of the second Adam" [THOLUCK, MEYER, and ALFORD in part, but only HODGE entirely].
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Romans 8:13
Romans 8:13
1 Corinthians 6:14
1 Corinthians 15:44
1 Corinthians 15:45
2 Corinthians 3:18
2 Corinthians 4:11
Galatians 5:16
Galatians 6:8
Ephesians 1:20
Ephesians 2:5
Philippians 3:10
Philippians 3:21
Colossians 2:12
Colossians 3:4
1 Thessalonians 5:23
2 Timothy 1:10
1 Peter 3:18
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