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Lenten Season · Fifth Sunday of Lent · Year B

If Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Romans 8:8-11

Life Through the Spirit

March 14, 2027

Pentecost, Jean II Restout
Pentecost, Jean II Restout, 1732Musée du Louvre, Paris
Restout paints the upper room as a vast architectural space with the flames small and the wind doing most of the work, the figures blown rather than posed.If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.Jean II RestoutA French painter (1692-1768) from a long dynasty of painters, who kept a serious religious practice going through a century that mostly wanted something lighter.Musée du Louvre, ParisA royal palace turned public museum by the Revolution in 1793, on the principle that what the king had owned now belonged to everyone.Musée du Louvre, Paris
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 12:20-33Jn 12:20-33Alt. GospelIf Third Scrutiny of the Elect: John 11:1-45If Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Jn 11:1-45 orJohn 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45Jn 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Second ReadingHeb. 5:7-9Heb 5:7-9Alt. 2nd ReadingIf Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Romans 8:8-11If Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Rom 8:8-11
First ReadingJer. 31:31-34Jer 31:31-34Alt. 1st ReadingIf Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Ezekiel 37:12-14If Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Ez 37:12-14
Responsorial PsalmPs. 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 (12a)Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 (12a)Alt. PsalmIf Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 (7)If Third Scrutiny of the Elect: Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 (7)

Overview & Insights

“If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you… he will give life to your mortal bodies.” (Romans 8:11)

Romans 8:1–17 discusses six new-covenant blessings to the believer that proceed from the Spirit: justification (v. 1), obedience (vv. 2–8, 12–13), indwelling (vv. 9–10), resurrection (v. 11), adoption (vv. 14–16), and inheritance (v. 17). Romans 8:18–30 adds one more new-covenant blessing of the Spirit, glory (through suffering), which I will discuss in the next unit.

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Commentary

Commentary on Romans 8:6-11Commentary on Rom 8:6-11 Working Preacher

Lectionary commentary on life in the Spirit as the antidote to the flesh.

Romans 8 CommentaryRom 8 Commentary Enduring Word

Verse-by-verse commentary on the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:6-11 CommentaryRom 8:6-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on the passage's grammar and its picture of a new reality.

Romans 8:6-8 CommentaryRom 8:6-8 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse study notes on the mind set on the Spirit versus the flesh.

Commentary on Romans 8:6-11Commentary on Rom 8:6-11 workingpreacher.org

The one Lutheran voice on life in the Spirit for this Sunday.

Romans 8 (Haydock Commentary)Rom 8 (Haydock Commentary) haydockcommentary.com

Catholic Haydock notes on the same chapter.

Background & Word Study

Commentary on Romans 8 by Matthew HenryCommentary on Rom 8 by Mt Henry Blue Letter Bible

Classic exposition for background reading on the chapter.

Romans 8:9 InterlinearRom 8:9 Interlinear biblehub.com

Greek text and parsing for the verse on the Spirit dwelling in believers.

The Church Fathers

Romans 8:9Rom 8:9 Catena Bible

Passage-keyed patristic commentary on having the Spirit of Christ.

Sermons & Reflections

Romans 8:6-11 CommentaryRom 8:6-11 Commentary cepreaching.org

Reformed preaching commentary on this passage from Romans 8.

Romans 8:6-11 CommentaryRom 8:6-11 Commentary cepreaching.org

A second, differently dated preaching commentary on the same reading.

Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

A curated image index for this reading across the history of Christian art.

Study Hub

Barnes' Notes on Romans 8Barnes' Notes on Rom 8 StudyLight

Classic verse-by-verse notes on the chapter, useful for close reading.

Romans 8Rom 8 biblehub.com

Aggregator chapter page linking multiple commentaries.

Questions preachers ask

What is life in the Spirit?

Those in whom the Spirit dwells are set free from the flesh, and the same Spirit that raised Jesus will give life to their mortal bodies.

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