The Sons of God

THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT

Romans 8:1: "There is therefore now" [At the time of this (Paul’s) letter] "no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." See John 3:16-18, 21 and Galatians 5:16-25.

Romans 8:2: "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." See Romans 5:18-21 and Hebrews 2:9, 14-18.

Romans 8:3: "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:" See Hebrews 10:1-14.

Romans 8:4: "That the righteousness of the law" [The Spirit of life in Christ Jesus] "might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

Romans 8:5: "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;" [See Mark 7:20-23 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10] "but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit." See Colossians 3:1-4 and Matthew 6:20-21 (example: Acts 2:38, 44-47).

Romans 8:6: "For to be carnally minded" [To mind the things of the flesh] "is death;" [See Matthew 25:31-33, 41-46, John 3:18-20 and Revelation 21:8] "but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." See Matthew 25:34-40, 46 and Revelation 21:5-7.

Romans 8:7: "Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." See Galatians 5:17, 19-21.

Romans 8:8: "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." See 1 John 2:15-17.

Romans 8:9: "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you." [See verses 1-2] "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." See verse 8.

Romans 8:10: "And if Christ be in you," [Verses 1-2] "the body is dead because of sin;" [Verses 3-4] "but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." See Romans 6:3-23.

Romans 8:11: "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." See John 5:21-24, 28-29.

THE SONS OF GOD

Romans 8:12: "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."

Romans 8:13: "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:" [See verse 6] "but if ye through the Spirit do mortify" [(Put to death)] "the deeds of the body, ye shall live." See Ephesians 4:17-32 and Ephesians 5:1-7.

Romans 8:14: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." See 1 John 3:1.

Romans 8:15: "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption," [Verses 1-2] "whereby we cry, Abba, Father." See Galatians 4:3-7.

Romans 8:16: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:" In that time period, Paul and the followers of Christ confessed that Christ came in the flesh, see 1 John 4:1-6.

Romans 8:17: "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him," [See Matthew 5:10-12, 1 Peter 4:12-16 and Revelation 6:9-10] "that we may be also glorified together." See Revelation 14:1 and Revelation 20:4.

Romans 8:18: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."

Romans 8:19: "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." See Isaiah 52:6-10.

Romans 8:20: "For the creature was made subject to vanity," [See Genesis 3:17-19, 22-23 and 2 Esdras 4:26-32] "not willingly, but by reason of him" [God, see 2 Esdras 6:1-9] "who hath subjected the same in hope," See 1 Peter 1:3-25.

Romans 8:21: "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." See Revelation 21:1-7.

Romans 8:22: "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."

Romans 8:23: "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit," [See 1 Corinthians 12:4-14] "even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." See 1 Corinthians 15:51-55 and 1 John 3:2.

Romans 8:24: "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?"

Romans 8:25: "But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." See Hebrews 11:1, 6-7.

Romans 8:26: "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."

Romans 8:27: "And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he" [Christ] "maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God." See verse 34.

Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Romans 8:29: "For whom he" [God] "did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he" [Christ] "might be the firstborn among many brethren." See Ephesians 1:3-6, 1 John 3:2 and Colossians 1:18.

Romans 8:30: "Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:" [See John 6:43-44] "and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." See verse 17.

Romans 8:31: "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"

Romans 8:32: "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"

Romans 8:33: "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth."

Romans 8:34: "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."

Romans 8:35: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"

Romans 8:36: "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

Romans 8:37: "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

Romans 8:38: "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,"

Romans 8:39: "Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." See Psalm 34:9, 17, 19, 22 and 2 Peter 2:9.

John 17:1: "These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;" [See John 19:1-7, 15-19, 23-24, 28-30, 32-34, 36-37] "glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:" See John 12:23-28.

John 17:2: "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him." See Matthew 28:18, John 5:26-30, John 6:37-39 and John 10:27-29.

John 17:3: "And This Is Life Eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." See Hebrews 8:10-11.

John 17:4: "I have glorified thee on the earth:" [See John 8:12, 17-20, 25-32] "I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do."

John 17:5: "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." See John 1:1 and Hebrews 1:1-4.

John 17:6: "I have manifested thy name unto the men" [The disciples (Sons of God)] "which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word."

John 17:7: "Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee."

John 17:8: "For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me." See Matthew 16:13-19.

John 17:9: "I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine."

John 17:10: "And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them."

John 17:11: "And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are." Explained in verses 14-21.

John 17:12: "While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept," [The disciples (Sons of God, example 1 Corinthians 15:3-9)] "and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled." See Acts 1:15-26.

John 17:13: "And now come I to thee;" [See Hebrews 10:12] "and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves." See Luke 15:4-10 (example Acts 2:38-41).

John 17:14: "I have given them thy word;" [See John 12:49-50] "and the world hath hated them," [See John 15:18-21] "because they are not of the world," [See 1 John 2:16 and 1 John 5:18-19] "even as I am not of the world." See John 6:32-35.

John 17:15: "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil." See Galatians 1:3-4.

John 17:16: "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." See Romans 8:1.

John 17:17: "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." See 1 Peter 1:22-25.

John 17:18: "As thou hast sent me into the world," [See John 3:17-18, John 4:34 and Luke 24:44, 46-48] "even so have I also sent them into the world." See Matthew 28:18-20 and John 15:9-21.

John 17:19: "And for their sakes I sanctify myself," [See John 10:9-11, 15] "that they also might be sanctified through the truth." See Revelation 14:1-5.

John 17:20: "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;" See Acts 3:12-26, Acts 4:1-4 and Ephesians 4:7-8, 11-13.

John 17:21: "That they all" [The Children of God] "may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us:" [See Hebrews 8:10-12] "that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."

John 17:22: "And the glory which thou gavest me" [See Mark 16:19] "I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:" See Revelation 20:4.

John 17:23: "I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me." See John 14:19-23.

John 17:24: "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:" [See Revelation 15:2-4] "for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world." See verse 5.

John 17:25: "O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee:" [See 1 Corinthians 2:14 (example John 8:42-47)] "but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me."

John 17:26: "And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me" [See John 3:34-35 and Luke 4:1] "may be in them, and I in them." See John 14:20-23.

1 Corinthians chapter 15 explains the resurrection of those that died in Christ (the resurrection of the dead/eternal life in Christ). All enemies (Satan, his angels and the unbelievers) will be destroyed! Note, verses 5-19, 29-34, 39-41 and 58 omitted intentionally, feel free to read the entire chapter.

1 Corinthians 15:1: “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;"

1 Corinthians 15:2: “By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain."

1 Corinthians 15:3: “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;"

1 Corinthians 15:4: “And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

1 Corinthians 15:20: “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." Those that died in Christ, see Matthew 28:5-6, Colossians 1:3, 18 and Romans 8:29.

1 Corinthians 15:21: “For since by man” [Adam] “came death, by man” [Christ] “came also the resurrection of the dead.” See Romans 5:12, 14, 18-19, 21.

1 Corinthians 15:22: “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”

1 Corinthians 15:23: “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;" [See verse 20] "afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.” See Zechariah 14:5, Revelation 14:1, 4 and Revelation 20:5.

1 Corinthians 15:24: “Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.” See verse 28 and Revelation 21:1-6.

1 Corinthians 15:25: “For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.” See Daniel 7:13-14, Matthew 25:31-32 and Revelation 20:4, 10.

1 Corinthians 15:26: “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” See John 5:26-29 and Revelation 20:14-15.

1 Corinthians 15:27: "For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him."

1 Corinthians 15:28: "And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all." See verse 24 and Revelation 21:1-5, 22-23.

1 Corinthians 15:35: "But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?"

1 Corinthians 15:36: "Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:"

1 Corinthians 15:37: "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:"

1 Corinthians 15:38: "But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."

1 Corinthians 15:42: "So also is the resurrection of the dead." [Those that died in Christ, and who are risen from the dead/made alive/raised up (receive eternal life)] "It is sown in corruption;" [Death, see example Acts 13:36] "it is raised in incorruption:" See Romans 8:11 and 1 Corinthians 6:14.

1 Corinthians 15:43: "It is sown in dishonour;" [See Matthew 24:9] "it is raised in glory:" [See Revelation 14:1, 4-5 and Revelation 20:4] "it is sown in weakness;" [Explained below, a earthy/natural body] "it is raised in power:" Explained below, a heavenly/spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:44: "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."

1 Corinthians 15:45: "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."

1 Corinthians 15:46: "Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual."

1 Corinthians 15:47: "The first man is of the earth, earthy:" [See Genesis 2:7] "the second man is the Lord from heaven." See 1 John 3:2 and Ephesians 1:19-21.

1 Corinthians 15:48: "As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." See verse 22.

1 Corinthians 15:49: "And as we" [Those in Christ] "have borne the image of the earthy," [Adam/flesh and blood (death)] "we shall also bear the image of the heavenly." Chirst, a heavenly body/eternal life.

1 Corinthians 15:50: "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood" [The earthy body] "cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption" [Death/Adam (Those who rejected Christ)] "inherit incorruption."

1 Corinthians 15:51: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We" [The Children of God] "shall not all sleep," [Be dead] "but we shall all be changed,"

1 Corinthians 15:52: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." See Revelation 20:4-6.

1 Corinthians 15:53: "For this corruptible" [The earthy body] "must put on incorruption," [The heavenly body] "and this mortal must put on immortality."

1 Corinthians 15:54: "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory." See Revelation 21:4.

1 Corinthians 15:55: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"

1 Corinthians 15:56: " The sting of death is sin;" [See Revelation 20:14-15] "and the strength of sin is the law." Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57: "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." See Revelation 21:1-7.