he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you, viii. 11. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power, 1 Cor. vi. 14. For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you, 2 Cor. xiii. 4. And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Eph. i. 19, 20. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ii.

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This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory, and his disciples believed on him, John ii. 11. Jesus answered and said unto them, De. stroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 19, 20. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God, xi. 40. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness, Col. i. 11.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness, ver. 19. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held, that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter, vii. 6. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye VOL. II.

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transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God, xii. 1, 2. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof, xiii. 13, 14. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new, 2 Cor. v. 17. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God, Gal. vi. 15, 16. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Eph. iv. 17. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness, 22-24. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord; walk as children of light, v.8. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, Phil. iii. 17, 18. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, Col. i. 9-12. In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body 2 Q

of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead, ii. 11, 12. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God, iii. 1-3. Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a master in heaven, iv. 1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,arm yourselves likewise with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God, 1 Pet. iv. 1, 2. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises ; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins, 2 Pet. i. 4-9.

VER. 5.

Εἰ γὰρ σύμφυτα γεγόναμεν τῷ ὁμοιοματι τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἐσόμεθα·

For a if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.

a Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth,

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he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin; but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof, ver. 8-12. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Eph. ii. 5, 6. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead, Phil. iii. 10, 11.

a I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me, Gal. ii. 20. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts, v. 24. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. iv. 22. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him, Col. iii. 9, 10.

bO wretched man that I am! who death? Rom. vii. 24. For what the shall deliver me from the body of this law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful fesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh, viii. 3. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live, 15. In whom also ye are circumcised with the circum

cision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath .raised him from the dead, Col. ii. 11, 12.

e Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof, ver. 12. But now being made dead from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, 22. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin, vii. 25. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, viii. 4. And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD, 2 Kings v. 17. O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name, Isa. xxvi. 13. Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

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Ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανών δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.

For a he that is dead is * freed from sin.

*Or, justified.

a God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? ver. 2. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him, 8. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? vii. 24. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God, Col. iii. 1-3.

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Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin, 1 Pet. iv. 1.

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Εἰ δὲ ἀπεθάνομεν σὺν Χριστῷ, πιστεύου μεν ὅτι καὶ συζήσομεν αὐτῷ.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection, ver. 3-5. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken, we also believed, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you, 2 Cor. iv. 10

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For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you, xiii. 14. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God, Col. iii. 3. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain