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Rom 8:4. Τὸ δικαίωμα, the law’s just commandment [jus. Engl. Vers. ‘righteousness’]) an antithesis to condemnation, Rom 8:1.-πληρωθῇ, might be fulfilled) That fulfilment is presently after described, Rom 8:5-11; thence it is that we have the for, Rom 8:5. Works of justice [righteousness] follow him that is justified [i.e. follow as the consequent fruits of his justification]: sin is condemned, he who had been a sinner, now acts rightly, and the law does not prosecute its claims against him.-ἐν ἡμῖν) in us.-μὴ κατὰ σαρκὰ, not after the flesh) an antithesis to, in the flesh, Rom 8:3. Now at length Paul has come to the open distinction between flesh and spirit.[89] The spirit denotes either the Spirit of God, or the spirit of believers, Rom 8:16. The latter is a new power produced and maintained in us by Him; and it is to this that the reference is, wherever flesh stands in opposition.
[89] A proof against the words ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα, ver. 1, which would be too premature a distinguishing of πνεῦμα and σὰρξ.-ED.