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A New Kind of Debt
Commentators clarify that Christians are not debtors in the sense of owing for sin—Christ paid that debt in full. Instead, this is a debt of gratitude and obligation that flows from receiving new life through the Holy Spirit. Having been freed from sin and death, we are now joyfully obligated to live for God, who gave us life, not for the flesh, which brought only death.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 8:12
18th Century
Theologian
We are debtors. We owe it as a matter of solemn obligation. This obligation arises:
- from the fact that the Spirit dwells in u…
AT Robertson
On Romans 8:12
We are debtors (οφειλετα εσμεν). See on Ga 5:3; Romans 1:14.
Not to the flesh (ου τη σαρκ). Neg…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 8:12
19th Century
Bishop
We are debtors.—We are under an obligation. Observe that in the lively sequence of thought the second clause of the antit…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 8:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 8:12
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 …
John Calvin
On Romans 8:12
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Romans 8:12
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors
The appellation, "brethren", is not used, because they were so by nation or by b…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 8:10–17
17th Century
Minister
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…