ACC ~ Romans 8 v1

THOSE WHOLLY IN CHRIST HAVE IN THEM NOTHING WORTHY OF CONDEMNATION. ORIGEN: After having taught what conflict there is in those who are caught in the struggle between a mind which lives according to the law of God and the desires of the flesh which lead them into sin, Paul now goes on to talk not about those who are partly in the flesh and partly in the Spirit but about those who are wholly in Christ. He declares that there is nothing in them worthy of condemnation. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

THOSE WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. DIODORE: Paul shows here that those who are under the law, because they live according to the flesh, are under sin and condemnation. But those who are in Christ are not under condemnation because they do not walk according to the flesh. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

SERVING GOD WITH A DEVOUT MIND. AMBROSIASTER: It is true that there will be no damnation for those who are Christians serving the law of God with a devout mind. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

IN CHRIST WE HAVE THE POWER TO AVOID POSTBAPTISMAL SIN. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul met the difficulty posed by postbaptismal sin by saying that it is due to our laziness. For now that we are in Christ Jesus we have the power to avoid walking after the flesh, but before that it was a difficult task. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 13.

AUGUSTINE: There is no condemnation just because carnal desires exist; it is only if we give in to them and sin that we are condemned. AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 47.

PELAGIUS: There is nothing which deserves condemnation in those who have been crucified to the works of the flesh. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Look how great Christ’s grace is in that he has set us free from condemnation. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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