Bible Strands
Romans 8:10
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses believers in Rome who have the Spirit of Christ dwelling in them (v. 9), stating the present condition of their body and spirit.
The words — σῶμα (sōma), "body," names the specific part declared dead to sin; μὲν (men), "indeed," is the contrastive particle that sets up the "yet" turning to the spirit's life.
The thread — Galatians 2:20 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 pair the believer's death to self with the imputed righteousness of God; Ephesians 3:17 locates Christ's indwelling in the heart.
Why it lands — The verse does not promise a new feeling; it states a fixed condition (body dead to sin, spirit alive in righteousness) and expects the reader to act from that condition rather than from the body's impulses.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Cross-references
- Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- Ephesians 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 17:23 I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
- Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Philippians 1:23 I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
- Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.