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Verse Romans 7:8. _SIN, TAKING OCCASION BY THE COMMANDMENT_] I think
the pointing, both in this and in the 11th verse, to be wrong: the
comma should be after _occasion_, and not after _commandment. B...
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BUT SIN - To illustrate the effect of the Law on the mind, the apostle
in this verse depicts its influence in exciting to evil desires and
purposes. Perhaps no where has he evinced more consummate kno...
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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 Experien...
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MAN UNDER LAW. What it means to be in bondage to
the old letter (6), the apostle will show from his own experience.
That the following description belongs to Paul's legal past app...
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THE NEW ALLEGIANCE (Romans 7:1-6)...
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OCCASIONS OPPORTUNITY. Greek. _aphorme_. Here, Rom 7:11. 2 Corinthians
5:12; 2 Corinthians 11:12.Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:13; 1 Timothy
5:14.
WROUGHT. worked out. Greek. _katergazomai_. See Romans...
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_But_ This word refers to the statement "I had not known lust;" and
this verse explains the action of the law in causing (indirectly) the
knowledge of sin.
_sin_ As a principle, "working" evil desire...
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Romans 7:7-25. The new life is effective to achieve righteousness in
each man, as the law could not do.
(7) Not that the law is itself sin, but it awakes the consciousness of
sin, as, for instance, co...
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ΑΦΟΡΜΉ (G874) случай, предлог,
возможность. Букв., начальная точка
отсчета или основание для отправки
экспедиции, затем обычно ресурсы,
необходимые для проведения
мероприятия (BAGD; GELTS, 74; TDNT)....
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SIN, TAKING OCCASION, &C.— _Taking advantage._ This is the proper
signification of the Greek word 'Αφορμη. Observe, that in this
and the three following verses, the Apostle comments upon, or at least...
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TEXT
Romans 7:7-12. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid.
Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not
known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not cove...
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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
COMMANDMEN...
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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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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 (Romans 7:7) he shows that...
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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 peo...
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TAKING OCCASION. — The word in the Greek implies originally a
military metaphor: taking as a “base of operations,” _i.e.,_ an
advanced post occupied as the starting-point and rendezvous for
further ad...
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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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The actual working of the law. A very close connection between the law
and sin is implied in all that has preceded: especially in Romans
6:14, and in such an expression as τὰ παθὴματα τῶν
ἁμαρτιῶν τὰ...
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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, th...
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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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But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner
of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] (p) dead.
(p) Though sin is in us, yet it is not known as sin, neither does it
ra...
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Sin, taking occasion. Sin, or concupiscence, which is called sin,
because it is from sin, and leads to sin, which was asleep before, was
awakened by the prohibition; the law not being the cause thereo...
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This whole exposition is introduced by the objection which consists in
identifying the law with sin. But it must not be thought that the
apostle's aim is really to exonerate the law from such a suspic...
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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. (8) But sin, taking occasion by t...
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8._For without the law, etc. _He expresses most clearly the meaning of
his former words; for it is the same as though he had said, that the
knowledge of sin without the law is buried. It is a general...
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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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BUT SIN TAKING OCCASION BY THE COMMANDMENT,.... By "the commandment"
is meant, either the whole moral law, or that particular commandment,
"thou shalt not covet", Exodus 20:17, which, the Jews say, co...
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But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner
of concupiscence. For without the law sin _was_ dead.
Ver. 8. _By the commandment_] Not commandments. Papists abolishing, or
at l...
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_What shall we say then?_ This, to the beginning of the next chapter,
is a kind of digression, wherein the apostle, in order to show, in the
most lively manner, the weakness and inefficacy of the law,...
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SIN; his sinful inclination led him to resist the commandment, and the
more to indulge evil desires in opposition to its requirements.
Resistance to its restraints increased his wickedness, and showed...
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THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW AND ITS EFFECT.
The object of the Law:...
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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 an...
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7-12 IS THE LAW GOOD OR BAD?
Is it a blessing or a curse?
What did the law do?
1. Pointed out sinful behavior 7
2. Made us aware of sin in our lives 8
3. Makes us aware of the death penalty 9
4....
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BUT SIN, FINDING OCCASION, WROUGHT IN ME THROUGH THE COMMANDMENT ALL
MANNER OF COVETING: FOR APART FROM THE LAW SIN IS DEAD. "FINDING
OCCASION" -'taking opportunity' (NASV), 'a starting-point,. base o...
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7-13 There is no way of coming to that knowledge of sin, which is
necessary to repentance, and therefore to peace and pardon, but by
trying our hearts and lives by the law. In his own case the apostl...
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BUT SIN; i.e. the corruption of our nature, the depraved bent and bias
of the soul, called before _lust._ TAKING OCCASSION BY THE
COMMANDMENT; i.e. being stirred up or drawn forth by the prohibition
o...
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but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all
manner of coveting: for apart from law sin is dead. [Those following
the apostle through the last section would be apt to have conf...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
It was not the law, therefore, which led me astray, but "sin, taking
occasion by the commandment."[643]
Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection
For when t...
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Romans 7:8 But G1161 sin G266 taking G2983 (G5631) opportunity G874 by
G1223 commandment G1785 produced G2716 (G5662) in G1722 me G1698 of
G3956 desire G1939 For G1063 from G5565 law G3551 sin G266 de...
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PAUL'S INITIAL EXPERIENCE OF THE ‘SLAYING' POWER OF THE LAW
(7:7-13).
Having demonstrated that much of what sin does in chapter 6, the Law
does in Romans 7:1 (see introduction to chapter 7 above), Pau...
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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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FINDING OCCASION
(αφορμην λαβουσα). See 2 Corinthians 5:12; 2 Corinthians
11:12; Galatians 5:13 for αφορμην, a starting place from which
to rush into acts of sin, excuses for doing what they want t...
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SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _...
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Romans 7:7
A Chapter in Saul's Early Life.
I. St. Paul repels with energy the idea that there can be anything
essentially bad, unholy, or immoral about the blessed law of God
itself. On the contrary,...
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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...
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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 s...
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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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SIN FOUND ITS CHANCE. Sin was given its chance by the commandment
which had the effect of awakening and stirring up evil desires. God's
word of command to Adam and Eve called their attention to the
fo...
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_What shall we say then?_
Is the law sin? God forbid.
THE LAW
I. Its nature--
1. Moral.
2. Spiritual.
3. Exemplified by the particular commandment quoted.
II. Its use--
1. To describe the natu...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 7:7 The claim that the Mosaic law produced sin
and death raises the question, Is the law itself sinful? Paul explains
that the law itself is good and that the fault lies with sin...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 7:7.—I had not known the specific character and peculiar
nature of lust. The law of God proclaims to man _non concupisces_, and
thus he learns that concupiscence is sin. The m...
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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; James 1:14; James 1:15; John 15:22; John 15:24;
Romans 4:15; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20; Romans 7:11; Romans 7:13;...
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Sin. Personified.
Occasion [α φ ο ρ μ η ν]. Emphatic, expressing the relation of
the law to sin. The law is not sin, but sin found occasion in the law.
Used only by Paul. See 2 Corinthians 5:12; Galat...
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THE INWARD CONFLICT
Romans 7:7
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The first part of the seventh of Romans presents the illustration of a
woman with two husbands. It tells us that the woman which hath a
husband, is...
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But sin — My inbred corruption. Taking occasion by the commandment
— Forbidding, but not subduing it, was only fretted, and wrought in
me so much the more all manner of evil desire. For while I was wi...
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Observe here,. concession or grant made by the apostle, that although
the law was not the formal cause of sin, yet sin was an accidental
event of the law, through the depravity and corruption of our n...