[There is] then now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
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For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,
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in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.
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For they that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; and they that are according to Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
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For the mind of the flesh [is] death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.
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Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be
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and they that are in flesh cannot please God.
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But *ye* are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed God's Spirit dwell in you; but if any one has not [the] Spirit of Christ *he* is not of him
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but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
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But if the Spirit of him that has raised up Jesus from among [the] dead dwell in you, he that has raised up Christ from among [the] dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit which dwells in you.
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So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh;
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for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live
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for as many as are led by [the] Spirit of God, *these* are sons of God.
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For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God.
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And if children, heirs also heirs of God, and Christ's joint heirs; if indeed we suffer with [him], that we may also be glorified with [him].
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For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the coming glory to be revealed to us.
After Romans 8 has lifted the believer onto resurrection ground — sons of God, joint-heirs with Christ — the apostle pauses to weigh the road that still lies ahead. Verse 18 is his deliberate accounting: present suffering placed in one scale, coming glory in the other, and the verdict given without hesitation.
Paul does not say "we teach" but "I reckon." The commentary stresses that this is a calm, measured judgment by a man uniquely qualified to weigh both sides.
A. PridhamChristian sufferings may be great. Not unfrequently they are so. Surely none could speak more experimentally of such things than the blessed servant of Christ whose epistle is now in our hands... how does he here estimate them when weighed in the sober balances of Divine truth against the glory which is to be revealed! The comparison is of present sufferings against eternal glory. Thus weighed, the momentary trial of faith and patience is found to be as nothing, to be unworthy of all comparison with that which is to be revealed in us. This he reckons (verse 18). There is no sort of doubt in his mind: it is a deliberate measurement of truth with truth, of real suffering with most real and most certain and eternal glory.
C. StanleyWho ever was better able to reckon on this matter than Paul? Bonds and imprisonments awaited him in every city — a life of constant suffering with Him he so loved to serve; yet he says, "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
The phrase itself betrays where Paul's heart actually lives. The future glory has so filled his soul that today's pain has shrunk to "but for a moment."
William KellyThe words "this present time" are striking. His mind is full of the future — absorbed with to-morrow — like the boy at school looking for a holiday, who can think of nothing else. The glory is so present, that he calls it but momentary — "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment." For if you talk to one whose mind realizes eternity, about this present evil world, eternity is too big to allow of room for any thing else. We never realize eternity, till we fill it with the Father's love and Christ's glory... the present sufferings had lost their hindering power, because he saw the power of God in them and endured afflictions according to the power of God.
William KellyHow much he must have had the glory present to his soul, to prefer it to "present things!" Now, he had suffered much; but it only brought the glory the brighter before him, and shows how the glory of the cross filled his soul.
Paul does not say the glory will be given to us, but revealed in us — believers themselves become the display.
MagazinesGod's glory is our "hope", as soon as justification is known, and sonship in its final character and manifestation in glory is largely developed in Romans 8, as well as that personal witness of the Holy Spirit "with our spirit" which makes it effectual in every believer's soul. The end and aim of it is the glory of the SON, that he may be "the firstborn among many brethren."
The day Paul looks toward is not just personal relief but the public unveiling of God's sons, when Christ's people share His manifested honour.
R. EvansA great part of our deplorable weakness flows from this, that what that day of glory means for Him and for us, is practically lost for the hearts and minds of so many of His people. He comes with all His saints into the scene of His glory and theirs: the creature is expecting the revelation of the sons of God, when He is revealed they are revealed with Him. It is in view of this glorious day that the saints suffer for and with Christ in spirit: these sufferings and glories cannot be separated "If we suffer we shall reign" (not live).
The verse becomes the believer's solid ground when sorrow weighs heavy — and the same day that ends our groaning ends creation's groaning too.
James BoydThis shall much more than compensate us for all the sorrows we have to pass through on our way to heaven. The sorrows of creation must continue till the sons of God are manifested, and then they shall cease for ever... May each of us be able to reckon with the Apostle, that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.
- Reckoning, not feeling. Paul's verdict is a deliberate measurement of real suffering against real, certain, eternal glory — not a sentimental wish.
- Qualified witness. No one was better placed to weigh the two sides; bonds, beatings, and constant labour gave him the right to say it.
- Eternity dwarfs the present. When the glory truly fills the soul, today's pain shrinks to "but for a moment" and loses its hindering power.
- Revealed in us. The glory is not merely given; believers themselves become its display, with Christ as firstborn among many brethren.
- Inseparable pair. Sufferings and glory are bound together — "if we suffer we shall reign" — and the same revealing of God's sons will release creation from its groaning.
For the anxious looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God
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for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected [the same], in hope
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that the creature itself also shall be set free from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
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For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.
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And not only [that], but even *we* ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, [that is] the redemption of our body.
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For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
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But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.
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And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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But he who searches the hearts knows what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for saints according to God.
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But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
After unfolding the deep workings of the Spirit within the believer, Paul widens his view to declare that the same God who indwells us is also sovereign over every outward circumstance. Romans 8:28 is the believer's pillow in a groaning creation — not a promise that all things are good, but that all things work together for good to a defined company.
The verse follows the Spirit's intercession in our weakness and turns our gaze outward. Hamilton Smith draws the contrast carefully: God is not only in us by His Spirit, He is also for us in everything taking place around us.
Hamilton SmithThe Apostle has shown how blessedly the Holy Spirit works in us by the new life in Christ, and the indwelling Holy Spirit, producing spiritual experiences. Now we learn that not only is God the Holy Spirit in us, but that God is for us in "all things" that are taking place around us. In regard to all the circumstances of life, the trials, the sorrows, the conflicts and the difficulties, we may not know how to pray as we ought; but this we do know, "That all things work together for good to them that love God". We may not always see how this loss, or that trial, is working for our good, but faith knows that good will be the result in time and eternity... "The sorrow may not be remedied, but the sorrow is blessed".
Paul does not say each thing taken alone is good; he says they work together. One writer pictures it as a loom, where threads of every color are pulled into one design by the hand of the weaver.
J T Mawson"Working together," it is a wonderful thought. Here are a thousand threads, but see, they are working together into a beautiful fabric. How is that accomplished? Every thread is part of the designer's scheme, every thread is controlled by the weaver and they work together to one end. So everything, all things, have their part in God's bright design for them that love Him. Here we rest in our present trials and though we groan we do not grumble, nay, "we glory in tribulation"...
The same writer adds that once this is grasped, every fresh circumstance is welcomed: "then would we greet every new circumstance as a friend, and wait keenly interested to discover how God in His minute and personal care for us will turn it to our good" (J T Mawson).
The verse describes the believer not by failure but by the affection that the divine call has produced in him. The reason this love exists at all is because God called us first.
MagazinesThe Christian is viewed normally as a lover of God, and this because of the divine call; and the God who has called us watches over all the varied circumstances and conditions of life through which His people pass, making all to work together for their blessing, bringing prosperity to the soul, and carrying on His good work within us in view of the day of Jesus Christ.
Why can we be sure all things will end in good? Because the same God who arranges the circumstances has a fixed purpose for those He has called. Hamilton Smith puts the assurance in the simplest terms:
Hamilton SmithTo assure our hearts that all is working for good, we are reminded that we are "the called" of God; and, if called, God has a purpose for us. God saves us because we need saving; God calls us because He wants us. All God's ways with us in the present have in view the fulfilment of His purpose for us in the future.
That purpose is then unfolded in the verses that follow: foreknown, predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, called, justified, glorified — "the end and aim of it is the glory of the SON, that he may be 'the firstborn among many brethren'" (Magazines).
Darby, writing in old age and weakness, lived in the verse rather than only explaining it:
J. N. DarbyMan's ways cross and traverse each other, but He goes on in the secret of His own love always straightforward and makes everything work together for good to them that love Him.
- God for us. Beyond the Spirit in us, Romans 8:28 declares God for us in every outward circumstance.
- Together, not alone. Single events may be painful; it is the combination of them, woven by the divine Designer, that produces good.
- Faith, not sight. We may not see now how a loss is for our gain — "What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter."
- Lovers of God. The promise belongs to a defined company — those whom the divine call has made into lovers of God.
- His purpose secures it. Because we are "the called according to His purpose," every present dealing aims at our future conformity to the image of His Son.
Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren.
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But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified.
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