We are debtors (οφειλετα εσμεν). See on Ga 5:3; Romans 1:14.

Not to the flesh (ου τη σαρκ). Neg…

We are debtors. We owe it as a matter of solemn obligation. This obligation arises:

1. from the fact that the Spirit dwells in u…

We are debtors.—We are under an obligation. Observe that in the lively sequence of thought the second clause of the antit…

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quickens your morta…

The apostle turns now from instruction to exhortation, from what God has done through Christ and the Spirit to what the believer is expected to do …

So then, brethren, etc. This is the conclusion of what has been previously said. For if we are to renounce the flesh, we ought no…

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors
The appellation, "brethren", is not used, because they were so by nation or by b…

If the Spirit is in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has be…

1. In the preceding section, the Apostle had presupposed that the prudence of the flesh is death, and here he intends to prove this.

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