There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Ver. 1. There is therefore now] Now, after such bloody wounds and gashes, chronicled Romans 7:1,25. Though carried captive, and sold under sin, yet not condemned, as might well have been expected. This the apostle doth here worthily admire.
No condemnation] Non una condemnatio; ουδεν κατακριμα, not one condemnation. There is none in heaven, God doth not condemn them: none on earth, their own heart and conscience doth not condemn them: no word, no commandment, no threatening. An unbeliever shall have a double condemnation; one from the law which he hath transgressed, and another from the gospel, which he hath despised: as a malefactor, that being condemned and dead in law, rejecteth his prince's pardon. But it is otherwise with those that are in Christ Jesus. The law cannot condemn them, because they have appealed: the gospel cannot, because they have believed. God will "cast out condemnation for ever," as one renders that place, Matthew 12:10, εως αν εκβαλη εις νικος την κρισιν. (Lud. de Dieu.)