Letter 043 — The Story: The Spirit Who Groans (Romans 8)
Romans 8 has no characters and no narrative. The story is the structure. From no condemnation to no separation, with the Spirit of adoption crying Abba in us.
In this letter
- Katakrima (G2631) — the legal verdict of condemnation
- The flesh and the Spirit (vv. 5-13)
- Huiothesia (G5206) — adoption as a son, the Roman legal concept
- Abba — the Aramaic word Jesus prayed in Gethsemane
- The three groanings — creation, us, the Spirit
- Stenazo (G4727) — to groan deeply
- All things work together in context — not a bumper sticker
- The chain of vv. 29-30 — foreknew, predestined, called…
The skinny
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