Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 8:26-30
4. Gracious aids, through the Divinely Foreseen and Accomplished Stages, to the Final Glorification , Romans 8:26-30 . The emphatic passage is Romans 8:29-30, and for it the previous verses prepare. The gracious aids are the helping Spirit, (Romans 8:26,) the concurrence of the Heart-searcher, (Romans 8:27,) and all things in cooperation, (Romans 8:28;) resulting in the final successive stages, (Romans 8:29-30.) read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 8:26
26. Likewise the Spirit Likewise, that is in addition to all its other gracious offices in Romans 8:11; Romans 8:16. Our infirmities True reading, our infirmity; namely, our ignorant infirmity regarding prayer, mentioned in next clause. Should pray for If we look into recorded heathen prayers we find them offered almost exclusively for earthly goods; for goods which may prove our harm and ruin. The spirit of Christianity teaches us to be unsure as to the desirableness of any particular ... read more