Romans 8:10

8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but ¹  the Spirit is your life ²  because of righteousness.

Romans 8:23

8:23 Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, ³  groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, ⁴  the redemption of our bodies. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

² tn Or “life-giving.” Grk “the Spirit is life.”

³ tn Or “who have the Spirit as firstfruits.” The genitive πνεύματος (pneumatos) can be understood here as possessive (“the firstfruits belonging to the Spirit”) although it is much more likely that this is a genitive of apposition (“the firstfruits, namely, the Spirit”); cf. TEV, NLT.

⁴ tn See the note on “adoption” in v. 15.

⁵ tn Grk “body.”