Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Here the apostle prosecutes his argument on the New Life of the justified believer through Union to Christ; presenting the subject in some beautiful lights, and going to... [ Continue Reading ]
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. FOR THE WOMAN WHICH HATH AN HUSBAND IS BOUND BY THE LAW TO HER HUSBAND SO LONG AS HE LIVETH; BUT IF THE HUSBAND BE DEAD ('IF HE DIE'... [ Continue Reading ]
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. SO THEN IF, WHILE HER HUSBAND LIVETH, SHE BE MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN,... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. WHEREFORE, MY BRETHREN, YE ALSO ARE BECOME DEAD, [ ethanatootheete (G2289)] - 'were put to d... [ Continue Reading ]
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. FOR WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH. Here, for the first time in this Epistle, is introduced that remarkable and expressive phraseology of which so much use is made in the... [ Continue Reading ]
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. BUT NOW (SEE THE NOTES ON THE SAME EXPRESSION IN ROMANS 6:22 ) WE ARE DELIVERED FROM THE LAW, [ kateergeetheemen (G2673) apo (G575) tou (G... [ Continue Reading ]
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? See the notes on this phraseology in Romans 6:1. IS THE LAW SIN? GOD FORBID - q.d., 'I have said that w... [ Continue Reading ]
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. BUT SIN (I:E., MY INDWELLING CORRUPTION), TAKING OCCASION BY THE COMMANDMENT, WROUGHT IN ME ALL MANNER OF CONCUPISCENCE, [ epithumian (G1939)]. Here the same Greek word is unf... [ Continue Reading ]
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. FOR I WAS ALIVE WITHOUT THE LAW ONCE, [ pote (G4218)] - 'at one time,' or 'formerly'-q.d., 'In the days of my ignorance, when, in this sense, a stranger to the law, I deemed myself a righteous man, and,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. AND (THUS) THE COMMANDMENT, WHICH WAS [ORDAINED] TO LIFE - more simply, 'which was for life;' that is, designed to give life through the keeping of it, I FOUND, [ autee (G846 ), 'THIS I FOUND'] TO BE UNTO DEATH - throug... [ Continue Reading ]
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. FOR SIN (THAT IS, MY SINFUL NATURE), TAKING OCCASION BY THE COMMANDMENT, DECEIVED ME - drew me aside into the very thing which the commandment forbade, AND BY IT SLEW ME - discovered me to myself to be a condemned and g... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. WHEREFORE, [ "hooste (G5620 ), 'SO THAT,' 'THUS, THEN,'] THE LAW IS HOLY, AND THE COMMANDMENT - that one in particular, so often referred to, which forbids all lusting, and on which some reflection might seem to have been c... [ Continue Reading ]
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. WAS THEN THAT WHICH IS GOOD MADE, [ gegonen (G1096)] - 'Has then that which is good become.' But th... [ Continue Reading ]
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. FOR WE KNOW - that is, it is a recognized principle. But this manner of speaking is sometimes employed to express, not what is actually and consciously recognized, but what cannot be denied, and will commend itself on reflec... [ Continue Reading ]
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. FOR THAT WHICH I DO I ALLOW NOT, [ ginooskoo (G1097)] - literally (as in margin), 'I know not;' I recognize it not, approve it not: cf. Psalms 1:6, "The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous." 'In obeyi... [ Continue Reading ]
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. IF THEN I DO THAT WHICH I WOULD NOT - `If what I would not, that I do,' I CONSENT UNTO THE LAW THAT IT IS GOOD - the judgment of my inner man going along with the law.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. NOW THEN IT IS NO MORE I (MY RENEWED SELF) THAT DO IT ('THAT WORK IT'), BUT SIN THAT DWELLETH IN ME - that principle of sin that still has its abode in me. To explain this and the following statements, as many do (even Bengel and T... [ Continue Reading ]
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME (THAT IS, IN MY FLESH,) DWELLETH NO GOOD THING - or better, 'For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my fles... [ Continue Reading ]
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. FOR THE GOOD THAT I WOULD I DO NOT: BUT THE EVIL WHICH I WOULD NOT, THAT I DO. Nothing, as a comment on this verse, can be better than the following remarks of Hedge: 'The numerous passages quoted by commentators in il... [ Continue Reading ]
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. NOW IF I DO THAT I WOULD NOT, IT IS NO MORE I THAT DO IT, BUT SIN THAT DWELLETH IN ME - in the sense, however, explained on .... [ Continue Reading ]
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. I FIND THEN A LAW, [ ton (G3588) nomon (G3551)] - rather, 'this law,' THAT, WHEN I WOULD DO GOOD, EVIL IS PRESENT WITH ME. The conflict here graphically described, between a self that 'desires' to do good and a self that i... [ Continue Reading ]
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: FOR I DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF GOD AFTER THE INWARD MAN - q.d., 'from the bottom of my heart.' The word [ suneedomai (G4913)] used here only, and well rendered "delight," expresses, especially in connection with the words "after the inward man,... [ Continue Reading ]
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW, [ heteron (G2087), not allon (G243)] - rather, 'a different law' IN MY MEMBERS (see the note at Romans 7:5), WARRING AGAINS... [ Continue Reading ]
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM! WHO SHALL DELIVER ME FROM THE BODY OF THIS DEATH? The apostle speaks of the "body" here with reference to "the law of sin" which he had said was "in his members," but merely as the instrument by... [ Continue Reading ]
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. I THANK GOD, [ eucharistoo (G2168)] - or (according to the rather preferable and livelier reading) [ charis (G5485)], 'Thanks to God,' the glorious Source, THROUGH... [ Continue Reading ]