Romans 8:1

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There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

It is true that there will be no damnation for those who are Christians serving the law of God with a devout mind. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Augustine of Hippo

AD 430

There is no condemnation just because carnal desires exist; it is only if we give in to them and sin that we are condemned.

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Diodorus of Tarsus

AD 390

Paul shows here that those who are under the law, because they live according to the flesh, are under sin and condemnation. But those who are in Christ are not under condemnation because they do not walk according to the flesh. .

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Gennadius of Constantinople

AD 471

Look how great Christ’s grace is in that he has set us free from condemnation. .

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Notwithstanding this law of sin opposing the law of the spirit, and endeavouring to captivate us to sin, we can, by the succour of the grace of Jesus Christ, preserve ourselves from sin and damnation, by resisting sin, and attaching ourselves strongly to Jesus Christ, by faith and charity. Concupiscence is not sin. And they who have received a spiritual birth in Jesus Christ by baptism, and have remained faithful to the grace of their justification, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit, shall receive a recompense proportionate to their combats and labours. (Calmet)

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Paul met the difficulty posed by postbaptismal sin by saying that it is due to our laziness. For now that we are in Christ Jesus we have the power to avoid walking after the flesh, but before that it was a difficult task.

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Thomas Aquinas

AD 1274

After showing that we are freed from sin [n. 406] and the Law [n. 518] through Christ’s grace, the Apostle now shows that through the same grace we are freed from damnation. First he shows that through the grace of Christ we are freed from the damnation of guilt; secondly, from the damnation of punishment, there [v.10; n. 628] at And if Christ. In regard to the first he does two things. 296 First, he sets forth his intention; secondly, he proves his proposition, there [v.2; n. 600] at For the law of the spirit of life. 596. In regard to the first he does two things: first, he mentions the benefit which grace confers, drawing his conclusion from the foregoing in this way: The grace of God through Jesus Christ has freed me from the body of this death and in this consists our redemption. Therefore, now that we have been freed through grace, there is no damnation left, because the damnation has been removed both as regards guilt and as regards punishment: "It is he himself who grants peace... Read More

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