American Standard Version
Romans 8:4
4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- New International Version (NIV)in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Context of Romans 8:4
2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
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ἵνα τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου πληρωθῇ ἐν ἡμῖν τοῖς μὴ κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 8:4
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Ephesians 5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
- Colossians 1:22yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
- Hebrews 12:23to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
- Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
- Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.
- Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Romans 8:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us - That the guilt might be pardoned through the merit of that sacrifice; and that we might be enabled, by the power of his own grace and Spirit, to walk in newness of life; loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves: and thus the righteousness, the spirit, design, and purpose of the law is fulfilled in us, through the strength of the Spirit of Christ…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4That the righteousness of the law - That we might be conformed to the Law, or be obedient to its requirements, and no longer under the influence of the flesh and its corrupt desires. Might be fulfilled - That we might be obedient, or comply with its demands. Who walk - Note, Romans 8:1.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4the righteous standard of the law … might be fulfilled in us. The Greek preposition en ("in") can be understood in more than one way. It may mean that the law is fulfilled in us because we are united with Jesus Christ, who fully obeyed the law for us. It can also mean that, by freeing us from the power of sin, Jesus Christ enables us to please God and live out the true purpose of the law. In the Old Testament, the flesh refers to human weakness and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. For what the law could not do, &c.--a difficult and much controverted verse. But it is clearly, we think, the law's inability to free us from the dominion of sin that the apostle has in view; as has partly appeared already (see on Ro 8:2), and will more fully appear presently. The law could irritate our sinful nature into more virulent action, as we have seen in Ro 7:5, but it could not secure its own fulfilment. How that is accomplished comes now to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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