ROMANS 8
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. 9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. 12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation–but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “”Abba,” Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spiritthat we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs–heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.Future Glory
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.
More Than Conquerors
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all–how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died–more than that, who was raised to life–is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 8 là đoạn chót trong 3 đoạn 6, 7 và 8 nói lên quyền năng tuyệt đối của Tinlanh/ phúc âm mà đêm lại niềm tin cho con dân Chúa để có thể vượt qua bất cứ tội lỗi, thử thách nào Chúa cho phép xảy đến.
Đăc biệt cho chúng ta biết sự tranh chiến giửa con người bên trong ” inner being” ( Ro 7:22 ) tức là phần tâm linh ( spirit) và xác thịt ( the flesh )mà trong 3 đoạn này còn dùng từ tương đương ” sinful man” ( Ro 8:4 ) hay “sinful nature” ( Ro 8: 5, 8, 9, 12, 13) hay là “members of my body” ( Ro7: 23) tức là con người cũ mang nhiễm tội lỗi do tổ phụ chúng ta lưu truyền một cách tự nhiên.
Trong phần nghiên cứu có phần Review, Special Vocabulay and Grammar.:I/ Review:1/ Trong đoạn 8 có dùng:– God’s children ; God’s law; God’s will; ( posessive case)
– The children of God; the love of Christ. ( expletive ” of ” ).
Xin xem phần ngữ pháp này đã được đề cập rất rõ ràng và đầy đủ ở Romans 2.2/ Preposition THROUGH đã được đề cập ở Romans 6.
II/ Vocabulary:
1/ Mortal body ( V 23) means sinful natural; sinful body.
2/ Spirit ( in capital letter) means Đức Thánh Linh.
3/ spirit ( not in capital) tâm linh, tâm thần ( inner being).
4/ Sonship ( V15) means adoption as son ( V 23 ).
5/ For your sake ( V 36 ) vì Ngài; Vì cớ Chúa. ( idiom )
III/ Grammar:
1/ ” Not only so, we ourselves, Who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as son, the redemption of our bodies .” ( V23 )
– ” ourselves ” right after pronoun “we” is the emphatic pronoun ( đại từ nhấn mạnh) which is used to emphasize “we”.
– “We” is subject to the finite verb ( động từ đã chia) ” goan”.
– ” who have the firstfruit of the Spirit” is a non- defining relative clause which must be seperated from the main clause by commas.
– Another example for emphatic pronoun (đại từ nhấn mạnh):
” We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with goans that words cannot express”
– ” himself” is the emphatic pronoun (đại từ nhấn mạnh).
– ” that words cannot express” is ” defining relative clause ” in which relative pronoun ” that” must be used without any commas.
This sentence is a compound- complex sentence. ( câu phức- ghép) with the co-ordinate conjunction ” but ” and two subordinates clauses.2/ Relative pronouns:
-Those who…( V14) mean people who.
Who is relative pronoun, its antecedent ( tiên hành từ) is “those” and it is used as a subject.
– Those whom
” Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen.” (V 33)
“Whom” is relative pronoun, object to verb ” has chosen”.– Another use of non-defining relative clauses:
” Christ Jesus, who died – more than that – who was raised to life- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”(V 34)
” Christ Jesus” is subject to finite verb ” is” and ” is interceding “.We hope that with your hard study you can understand God’s words and have a translation of your own in our mother language.
May God bless you all.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.Prepared by
Pastor Nguyễn Đức Na
Ho Chi Minh