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Verse Romans 7:5. _FOR, WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH_] When we were
without the Gospel, in our carnal and unregenerated state, though
believing in the law of Moses, and performing the _rites_ and
_office...
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FOR WHEN ... - The illustration in this verse and the following is
designed to show more at length the effect of the Law, whenever and
whereever applied; whether in a state of nature or of grace. It w...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The Law and its Dominion. (Romans 7:1 .)_
2. Dead to the Law and Married to Another. (Romans 7:4 .)
3. Concerning the Law; its Activities and Purpose. (Romans 7:7 .)
4. The Experienc...
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ESPOUSAL TO CHRIST. Paul returns to his paradox about Law and Grace
(Romans 6:14 f.) and illustrates it by marriage, _Christ_ now standing
for _Grace._
ROMANS 7:1. Wedlock binds while the husband li...
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You are bound to know, brothers--for I speak to men who know what law
means--that the law has authority over a man only for the duration of
his life. Thus, a married woman remains bound by law to her...
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THE NEW ALLEGIANCE (Romans 7:1-6)...
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_when we were in the flesh_ For illustration of this important phrase
see especially Romans 8:8-9. St Paul here assumes of Christians (1)
that they were once "in the flesh;" (2) that they are so no lo...
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ἯΜΕΝ ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΣΑΡΚΊ = ὁ πάλαιος
ἄνθρωπος of Romans 6:6.
ΤᾺ ΠΑΘΉΜΑΤΑ ΤΩ͂Ν ἉΜ.: ΠΑΘΉΜΑΤΑ only Paul,
Heb. and 1 Pet. = (1) sufferings, cf. Romans 8:18, and commonly; (2) =
experiences, here and Galatians...
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Romans 6:1 to Romans 7:6. The ethical bearing and standard of the new
life in Christ.
(1) Are we to conclude that the state of sin is to continue, as a
provocative, so to speak, of the graciousness of...
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ΉΜΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Impf._
изображает прошлую жизнь,
ΣΑΡΚΊ _dat. sing. от_ ΣΆΡΞ (G4561) плоть,
человеческая природа, контролируемая
и управляемая грехом, что проявляется
в д...
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FOR WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH, &C.— The design of this chapter is,
to convince the Jews how unfavourable the law, in its rigour, is to
the recovery and sanctification of a sinner; as it affords neithe...
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_TEXT_
Romans 7:1-6.Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know
the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he
liveth? Romans 7:2 For the woman that hath a husban...
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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
E...
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Conciliation-Individual
12 A realization of our death to sin and life in Christ will give us
power to cope with sin, always remembering that sin cannot bring us
into disfavor because of the super...
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MOTIONS OF SINS] RV 'sinful passions.' 'Passions' = passive feelings,
e.g. hunger; sinful, when they control the will. BY THE LAW] cp.
Romans 7:7; Romans 5:20, and on Romans 6:14....
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THE INADEQUACY OF THE LAW TO SAVE
1-6. St. Paul had spoken of the Law in a way which would offend an
earnest Jew: cp. Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20. In this
chapter ...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 7
FREEDOM FROM LAW 7:1-25
1. AN EXAMPLE FROM *MARRIAGE 7:1-6
V1 Christian *brothers and *sisters, I am speaking to pe...
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The new alliance ought not to be unproductive, for the old alliance
was not unproductive. Before that mortification of the flesh which
proceeds from our relation to the death of Christ, we bore a frui...
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VII.
(1-6) The Apostle takes up an idea to which he had alluded in Romans
7:14 of the preceding chapter, “Ye are not under the Law, but under
grace;” and as he had worked out the conclusion of the dea...
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CHAPTER 15
JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HUMAN LIFE
Romans 6:14 - Romans 7:1
AT the point we have now reached, the Apostle's thought pauses for a
moment, to resume. He has brought...
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For ἢ ἀγνοεῖτε, _cf._ Romans 6:3. Chap. 6 contains the
argument which is illustrated in these verses, and the question
alludes to it: not to accept the argument that the Christian is free
from all leg...
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Contrast of the earlier life. “ ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ” is
materially the same as “ ὑπὸ τὸν νόμον ”; the same
state of the soul is described more from within and more from without.
The opposite would be ἐν τῷ π...
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THE LAW MAKES SIN KNOWN
Romans 7:1
To make his meaning clear the Apostle now enters upon a parable drawn
from domestic life. He says that we are married to the Law as our
first husband, and seek, thr...
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Continuing his argument, the apostle showed under the marital figure
that a change of covenant changes the center of responsibility.
Then we have one of the great personal and experimental passages of...
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(3) For when we (e) were in the flesh, the (f) motions of sins, which
were by the (g) law, did (h) work in our members to bring forth fruit
unto death.
(3) A declaration of the former saying: for he s...
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For _when we were in the flesh; i.e. lived according to the flesh, the
passions of sins, which were by the law: he does not say, as St. John
Chrysostom observes, that they were caused by the law, but...
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“ _For when we were in the flesh, the affections of sins, excited by
the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death;_ ”
The _for_ evidently bears not on Romans 7:5 only, but on Roma...
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FIFTEENTH PASSAGE (7:1-6). THE BELIEVER IS SET FREE FROM THE LAW AT
THE SAME TIME THAT HE IS SET FREE FROM SIN.
AGREEABLY to the proposition stated Romans 6:14: “Sin shall no more
have dominion over y...
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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? (2) For
the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husba...
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5._For when we were, etc. _He shows still more clearly by stating the
contrary effect, how unreasonably the zealots of the law acted, who
would still detain the faithful under its dominion; for as lon...
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We have considered the effect of the death and resurrection of Christ
with reference to justification and to practical life. In the early
part of the epistle (to Chapter 5:11) He has died for our sins...
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FOR WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH,.... This respects not their being under
the legal dispensation, the Mosaic economy; which lay greatly in meats
and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, su...
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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.
Ver. 5. _In the flesh_] In our pure naturals.
_ The motions of sin...
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_For_ We ought now to be fruitful in good works, because we were
formerly fruitful in evil: _when we were in the flesh_ Under the
comparatively carnal dispensation of Moses, and in our natural corrupt...
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IN THE FLESH; in their natural state, with no ground for justification
except obedience to law, and under the necessity of perfectly obeying
it or suffering its curse. Its strict requirements and its...
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FREEDOM FROM THE LAW. 7:1-6...
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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....
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CHANGE OF "HUSBANDS" BUT A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
In Romans 7:1 we are faced with the case of a renewed conscience
recognizing the claims of righteousness - or more correctly, holiness
- hating evil and...
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5-6 THEME: Sin in the flesh lead to death.
We should serve in newness of the spirit.
THEME : NOT: Oldness of the letter
BUT: Newness of spirit
DISCUSS :
1. What is the difference between "letter...
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MOTIONS:
_ Gr._ passions...
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FOR WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH, THE SINFUL PASSIONS, WHICH WERE THROUGH
THE LAW, WROUGHT IN OUR MEMBERS TO BRING FORTH FRUIT UNTO DEATH. "FOR"
-here is the reason that we were released from. system of...
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1-6 So long as a man continues under the law as a covenant, and seeks
justification by his own obedience, he continues the slave of sin in
some form. Nothing but the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, c...
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FOR: q.d. For bringing forth of which fruit unto God, we have now
better helps than formerly we had; or we are in much better
circumstances than formerly we were: and so he proceeds to show how
our pr...
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For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through
the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death....
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Romans 7:5 For G1063 when G3753 were G2258 (G5713) in G1722 flesh
G4561 sinful G266 passions G3804 which...
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‘For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were
through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto
death.'
For when we were living our old lives under the Law (we were i...
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DELIVERANCE FROM UNDER THE LAW (7:1-6).
Paul now declares that the Christian is delivered from the dominion of
the Law because he has died to it in the death of Christ, and this in
order that he might...
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3. MORAL RESULTS OF JUSTIFICATION; THOSE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH LIVE A NEW
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT.
The gospel is the power of God unto salvation; through it the will is
affected, and thus is accomplished _mo...
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Romans 7:5. FOR. A confirmation of the statement that they should
bring forth fruit to God.
WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH, _i.e.,_ in the natural condition of
depravity (see Excursus at next section); s...
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1. WE ARE FREED FROM IT (ROMANS 7:1); FOR, 2, ALTHOUGH IT IS HOLY, IT
CANNOT MAKE SINNERS HOLY (ROMANS 7:7).
1. _Christians are freed from the Law._
This section might more properly form a part of th...
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IN THE FLESH
(εν τη σαρκ). Same sense as in Romans 6:19 and Romans 7:18;
Romans 7:25. The "flesh" is not inherently sinful, but is subject to
sin. It is what Paul means by being "under the law." He...
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Romans 7:1
"Law _versus_Grace.".
Note:
I. St. Paul's maxim that it is death which puts an end to all
obligation created by statute law. Expositors have often remarked how
fond this apostle was of le...
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Romans 7:1. 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?
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to h...
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CONTENTS: The conflict of the flesh with the spiritual nature.
Impossibility of victory through the law.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The function of the law is to detect and condemn si...
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Romans 7:1. _I speak to them that know the law,_ with a view more
fully to illustrate the liberation from the condemnation of the law,
that the law has dominion over a man, and over a woman, as long a...
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FOR WHEN WE LIVED. Before we died with Christ. STIRRED UP BY THE LAW.
We would not recognize these desires, if the Law did not identify them
(Galatians 5:24; Romans 7:9-10)....
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_Know ye not, brethren … how that the law hath dominion over a man
as long as he liveth?_
BELIEVERS NOT UNDER THE LAW AS A COVENANT OF WORKS
I. All men are, naturally, under the law as a covenant of...
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_But when we were in the flesh, the motions of sin, which were by the
law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death._
THE LAW AND SIN
We often know that we are ill without knowing prec...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 7:5 FLESH here stands for the old
“Adam”—the unbelieving former life of those who now believe. The
law led to spiritual and physical DEATH (see...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 7:1.—The law is lord over the man. There is nothing shocking
in the assertion that we are no longer under the law. You all know
that the power of the law over a man ceases at...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 7:1
Here comes in the third illustration of the moral obligation of the
baptized. It rests on the recognized principle that _death _cancels
the claims of human law on a person (cf....
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Romans chapter 7.
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,)
(Romans 7:1)
In other words, I am talking now to the Jews, and how that the law has
dominion over a man as long as h...
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1 Corinthians 15:56; 1 John 3:4; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Colossians 3:5;...
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When ye were in the flesh — Carnally minded, in a state of nature;
before we believed in Christ. Our sins which were by the law —
Accidentally occasioned, or irritated thereby. Wrought in our members...
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As if the apostle had said, "When we lived under the dispensation of
the law, and were married to the law, we brought forth fruit suitable
to that state and condition. But now being freed from the law...