Therefore , brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,.... The appellation, "brethren", is not used, because they were so by nation or by blood, though many in the church at Rome were Jews; nor merely in a free…
Barnes' Notes
We are debtors - We owe it as a matter of solemn obligation. This obligation arises, From the fact that the Spirit dwells in us; Because the design of his indwelling is to purify us; Because we are…
Adam Clarke
Therefore, brethren, etc. - Dr. Taylor is of opinion that the apostle having spoken separately, both to Jews and Gentiles, concerning holiness and the obligations to it, now addresses himself to both…
In these verses the apostle represents two more excellent benefits, which belong to true believers.
I. Life. The happiness is not barely a negative happiness, not to be condemned; but it is positive,…
Cambridge Bible
debtors An emphatic word in the verse. Q. d., "We are debtorsto the Giver of the Spirit; to the flesh we indeed owe nothing, for its result is death." The first part of this statement is unexpressed,…
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