The First-Fruits of the Spirit · §3

No condemnation from God or from within

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There is therefore now no condemnation to these. There is no condemnation to them from God, for he has justified them freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus. He has forgiven all their iniquities, and blotted out all their sins.

And there is no condemnation to them from within. For they have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, so that they might know the things which are freely given to them of God. And that Spirit bears witness with their spirits that they are the children of God. The note there is 1 Corinthians 2:12.

To this is added the testimony of their conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, they have lived their life in the world. The note there is 2 Corinthians 1:12.

1771 text

2. There is therefore now no condemnation to these. There is no condemnation to them from God: for he hath justified them freely by his grace, thro’ the redemption that is in Jesus. He hath forgiven all their iniquities, and blotted out all their sins. And there is no condemnation to them from within: for they have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that they might know the things which are freely given to them of God: Which Spirit beareth witness with their spirits, that they are the children of God. And to this is added, the testimony of their conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, they have had their conversation in the world.

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Sermon 8 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:1.

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