chessman
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By his own post-conversion admission, Paul's body/flesh was (still) a wretched, slave to sin.
Paul was still wanting/needing his body to be rescued!
Yet his mind (his inner person, v23) had already been rescued and become a slave to God's law.
So, how long does Paul say his body (his flesh) would be a "slave to the law of sin"???
Paul was expecting that his wretched body would be, just that, a wretched slave to sin for as long as his body lived. Yet conversely, his mind would be a slave to the law of God for as long as his mind lived.
So when was Paul expecting that his mortal body would join his already rescued mind and become a slave to God's law too?
Just as sure as Christ Jesus was first raised bodily, surely this same one who raised Him, will secondly redeem and raise our wretched bodies too. Problem is, that body must first die. [even Paul's]
Romans 7:24-25 (LEB) Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself with my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh I am enslaved to the law of sin.
Paul was still wanting/needing his body to be rescued!
Yet his mind (his inner person, v23) had already been rescued and become a slave to God's law.
So, how long does Paul say his body (his flesh) would be a "slave to the law of sin"???
Romans 7:1 (LEB) Or do you not know, brothers for I am speaking to those who know the law, that the law is master of a person for as long a time as he lives?
Paul was expecting that his wretched body would be, just that, a wretched slave to sin for as long as his body lived. Yet conversely, his mind would be a slave to the law of God for as long as his mind lived.
So when was Paul expecting that his mortal body would join his already rescued mind and become a slave to God's law too?
Romans 8:11, 23 (LEB) And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you. ...
Not only this, but we ourselves also, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves while we await eagerly our adoption, the redemption of our body.
Not only this, but we ourselves also, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves while we await eagerly our adoption, the redemption of our body.
Just as sure as Christ Jesus was first raised bodily, surely this same one who raised Him, will secondly redeem and raise our wretched bodies too. Problem is, that body must first die. [even Paul's]