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Romans 7:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Romans 7:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Having Died, We Are Released From The Law Through Which Sin Produced Death
5 For when we were in the flesh[a], the passions of [b] sins which[c] were through[d] the Law were at-work in our body-parts so as to bear-fruit for death. 6 But now we were released[e] from the Law, having died to that by which we were being held, so that we are serving in newness of the Spirit[f] and not in oldness of the letter[g].
Not That The Law Is At Fault For My Sin
7 Therefore, what shall we say? Is the Law sin[h]? May it never be! On-the-contrary, I would not have known[i] sin except through the Law.
Sin Used The Law To Produce Sin In Me
For indeed I would not have known[j] coveting[k] if the Law were not saying [in Ex 20:17], “You shall not covet”.
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- Romans 7:5 That is, before we died with Christ.
- Romans 7:5 That is, leading to; or, belonging to (sin’s passions).
- Romans 7:5 That is, the passions... which.
- Romans 7:5 That is, were increased through the Law, 5:20. Paul explains this next in v 7-8.
- Romans 7:6 Same word as in v 2.
- Romans 7:6 Or, of spirit.
- Romans 7:6 That is, the written code of the Law.
- Romans 7:7 If the passions of sins are through the Law, is the Law what makes me a sinner? No. It merely defines the standard against which sin rebels.
- Romans 7:7 Or, come-to-know sin. That is, known of sin’s presence in him as sin (v 7-8) or of its power to kill him in relation to God (v 9-11). Apart from God’s Law, sin is merely ‘your opinion’ or ‘my bad choices’.
- Romans 7:7 Or, known-about.
- Romans 7:7 Or, [evil] desire, lust.
Romans 7:5-7
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Romans 7:5-7
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5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](A) the sinful passions aroused by the law(B) were at work in us,(C) so that we bore fruit for death.(D) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(E) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(F)
The Law and Sin
7 What shall we say, then?(G) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(H) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(I) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[b](J)
Footnotes
- Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
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