Pentecost Season · Pentecost Sunday: Day Mass · Year C
Romans 8:8-17 or 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
Led by the Spirit / One Body, Many Gifts
June 4, 2028
Overview & Insights
"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God." (Romans 8:14)
Paul contrasts life in the flesh with life in the Spirit, whose indwelling makes believers children and heirs of God. The alternate, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13, teaches that the same Spirit gives a variety of gifts to a body that remains one, the classic Pentecost text on Spirit-given diversity within unity.
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Commentary
Romans 8 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the chapter's teaching on life according to the Spirit.
Romans 8 Resources Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse links covering sonship and adoption by the Spirit.
Romans 8:8 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries together on what it means to be 'in the flesh' versus 'in the Spirit.'
Romans 8 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Barnes on the contrast Paul draws between flesh and Spirit.
Commentary on Romans 8:14-17 Working Preacher
A Lutheran preaching voice on adoption and the Spirit's testimony with our spirit.
1 Corinthians 12 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Covers the alternate reading's teaching on one Spirit and many gifts in one body.
Romans 8:8 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek text word by word for life 'in the Spirit.'
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