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"Even so by one righteousness the free gift came upon all men unto a justification of
life" (5: 18).
"That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign, through
righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord" (5: 21).
"Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness of life" (6: 4).
"Being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end everlasting life" (6: 22).
"The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord" (6: 23).
"The commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death" (7: 10).
"The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and
death" (8: 2).
"The mind of the spirit is life and peace" (8: 6).
"The spirit is life because of righteousness´(8: 10).
"Neither death, nor life, . . . . . shall be able to separate us" (8: 38, 39).
The references in chapter 5: deal with the question of reigning: reigning in life, and
the reign of grace. The references in chapter 6: deal with walking and serving.
The reference in chapter 7: deals with the failure of the law to give life. The
references in chapter 8: deal with the liberating law of the spirit of life.
Zoopoieo, "To make alive", "To quicken" (1 reference).
"He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His
Spirit that dwelleth in you" (Rom. 8: 11).
One feature is indelibly stamped upon these references to life, and that is, that
resurrection life (alive from the dead) alone counts with God. Rom. 5:-8: deals with
Adam and Christ from one angle; I Cor. 15: deals with Adam and Christ from another
angle, but both angles project their lines of teaching to meet in the glorious truth of life
from the dead.
At the risk of apparent repetition, and because we feel the subject to be so important,
we draw attention to the way in which death and life alternate with one another in these
passages. "Life" stands for resurrection life:--
"Death reigned . . . . . reign in life" (5: 17).
"Sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign . . . . . unto eternal life" (5: 21).
"Dead to sin . . . . . live any longer therein?" (6: 2).
"Buried . . . . . unto death . . . . . walk in newness of life" (6: 4).
"He died to sin once; . . . . . He liveth unto God" (6: 10).
"Reckon . . . . . yourselves . . . . . dead . . . . . unto sin, but alive unto God" (6: 11).
"Yield yourselves . . . . . as . . . . . alive from the dead" (6: 13).
"End of those things is death, . . . . . end everlasting life" (6: 21, 22).
"Wages of sin is death . . . . . gift of God is eternal life" (6: 23).
"Bound by law so long as husband liveth . . . . . loosed if he be dead" (7: 2, 3).
"I was alive without the law . . . . . sin revived and I died' (7: 9).
"Commandment ordained to life, I found to be unto death" (7: 10).
"Law of Spirit of life . . . . . law of sin and death" (8: 2).
"Mind of flesh is death, mind of spirit is life" (8: 6).
"Body dead because of sin, spirit is life because of righteousness" (8: 10).