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To: ADSUM; MHGinTN
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Yet Catholics would claim there is condemnation. Go figure.

47 posted on 06/15/2015 10:46:14 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear
Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Please note that this is the translation from the critical text, which cuts the stipulation of circumstances short, and leaves the reader permanently wondering what "in Christ Jesus" (dative of association) means.

The translation of the Received Text, however, leaves no speculation to the reader, for the Greek of the TR is complete, and provides the answer:

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after The Spirit" (Rom. 8:1 AV).

This satisfies the question of the kind of walk of the believer--it is spiritual, walking in the Spirit, following His guidance through the Word. Those who are walking in the works of the flesh are still under condemnation as those who make no profession at all.

Reading a little further in verse 4, we see that the righteousness of the law--not the works of the law--is fulfilled in us who are walking in the Spirit, who are in union with Christ Jesus as we walk.

This whole concept confounds those who would have us believe that doing the works of the law/flesh are required for justification to be a process of salvation.

154 posted on 06/15/2015 11:43:14 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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