Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Glossa Ordinaria for Romans 8:1

  

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)