“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. — The address ὑμεῖς (hymeis, "you") marks a transition: the Roman believers are not ἐν σαρκί (en sarki, "in flesh") but ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati, "in Spirit")—if τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ (to pneuma tou theou, "the Spirit of God") dwells in them. The Spirit is the marker of belonging to Christ; absence of the Spirit is non-membership. The Spirit is the ἀρραβών (arrabōn, "guarantee") of discipleship.
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