16 May '16 17:14>2 edits
This Spirit will give life to their mortal bodies, and that not ONLY in physical resurrection. He will give divine life to their mortal bodies to empower them to overcome the death that is elaborated as in their bodies in chapter 7.
Put the two passage together and you should see:
The last Adam became a divine life giving Spirit. That is why Paul says that this Spirit of Christ is Christ. And the Triune God is not the figment of man's imagination as you long to convince yourself of.
Put the two passage together and you should see:
" Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! " (7:24,25a)
And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.
So then, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh; (8:12,13a)
The last Adam became a divine life giving Spirit. That is why Paul says that this Spirit of Christ is Christ. And the Triune God is not the figment of man's imagination as you long to convince yourself of.