8:1 Therefore
there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk
according to the flesh.
Therefore there
is now no condemnation. Augustine:
Just as certain good things are not beneficial to evil people, so certain
stains, if they are light and without which human life cannot be lived, do not
prevent the good from receiving a crown. (152) now. Although
there was no condemnation before, now there is none when you are in Christ. no
condemnation. Because through the grace of baptism and the washing of
regeneration the guilt in which you were born is forgiven, as well as any sins
you committed before.
Therefore—because I serve the law of God in my mind
now—in the time of grace
no condemnation—because the stains of the flesh do not harm them
in Christ Jesus—in whom all sins are forgiven
who do not walk—who do not obey the flesh, even if they sometimes
fall
according to the flesh—i.e., there is no condemnation for those
who do not walk according to the flesh. (The Glossa Ordinaria on Romans [trans.
Michael Scott Woodard; TEAMS Commentary Series; Kalamazoo, Mich.: Western
Michigan University, 2011], 115; the Augustine quote comes from De spiritu
et littera, CSEL 60, cap. 28, par. 48, p. 203)