There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:1 (NKJV)
- The verse begins with the word “There” as part of the phrase “There is.”
- The word “therefore” appears near the beginning of the verse.
- The word “now” appears immediately after “therefore.”
- The word “condemnation” appears in the verse.
- The word “condemnation” is modified by the word “no.”
- The phrase “no condemnation” is stated before any qualifying descriptions.
- The phrase “to those” introduces a specific group.
- The group is described as those “in Christ Jesus.”
- The phrase “in Christ Jesus” uses the preposition “in.”
- The phrase “Christ Jesus” appears as a combined title/name.
- The verse repeats the word “who” to further describe the same group.
- The group is described as those who “do not walk according to the flesh.”
- The phrase “walk according to the flesh” includes the noun “flesh.”
- The phrase includes the preposition “according to.”
- The word “flesh” appears once in the verse.
- The verse includes a contrast introduced by the word “but.”
- The contrasting phrase is “according to the Spirit.”
- The word “Spirit” appears once in the verse.
- The phrase “according to the Spirit” mirrors the structure of “according to the flesh.”
- The verse contains a sequence:
- a declaration (no condemnation)
- a defined group (those in Christ Jesus)
- a behavioral description (not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit)
Οὐδὲν ἄρα νῦν κατάκριμα τοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, μὴ κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν ἀλλὰ κατὰ Πνεῦμα.
Romans 8:1 (Zane Clark Hodges, Arthur L. Farstad, and William C. Dunkin, The Greek New Testament according to the Majority Text, 2nd ed.)
