April
2 0 2 5 / PA R T N E R L E T T E R
Winter has come and gone. Spring is
here. And with it, comes Gloria's and my
sixty-third wedding anniversary! It has
been a 63-year honeymoon—we've never
come off it!
Let's begin by reading Romans 8:1-4:
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO
CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE
IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WALK NOT
AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE
SPIRIT. FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF
LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HATH MADE ME
FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND
DEATH. FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD
NOT DO, IN THAT IT WAS WEAK
THROUGH THE FLESH, GOD SENDING
HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF
SINFUL FLESH, AND FOR SIN,
CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH: THAT
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW
MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US, WHO WALK
NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE
SPIRIT.
Now look at the Amplified Bible, Classic
Edition:
THEREFORE, [THERE IS] NOW NO
CONDEMNATION (NO ADJUDGING
GUILTY OF WRONG) FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO LIVE [AND]
WALK NOT AFTER THE DICTATES OF
THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE DICTATES
OF THE SPIRIT. FOR THE LAW OF THE
SPIRIT OF LIFE [WHICH IS] IN CHRIST
JESUS [THE LAW OF OUR NEW BEING]
HAS FREED ME FROM THE LAW OF SIN
AND OF DEATH. FOR GOD HAS DONE
WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT DO, [ITS
POWER] BEING WEAKENED BY THE
FLESH [THE ENTIRE NATURE OF MAN
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT]. SENDING
HIS OWN SON IN THE GUISE OF SINFUL
FLESH AND AS AN OFFERING FOR SIN,
[GOD] CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH
[SUBDUED, OVERCAME, DEPRIVED IT
OF ITS POWER OVER ALL WHO ACCEPT
THAT SACRIFICE], SO THAT THE
RIGHTEOUS AND JUST REQUIREMENT
OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULLY MET IN US
WHO LIVE AND MOVE NOT IN THE WAYS
OF THE FLESH BUT IN THE WAYS OF THE
SPIRIT [OUR LIVES GOVERNED NOT BY
THE STANDARDS AND ACCORDING TO
THE DICTATES OF THE FLESH, BUT
CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT].
Therefore, there is now no
condemnation to them who walk not
after the flesh but after the Spirit, or after
The WORD! Let's read verse 1 again in the
