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Romans 7:6-8
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Romans 7:6-8
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
6 But now we were released[a] from the Law, having died to that by which we were being held, so that we are serving in newness of the Spirit[b] and not in oldness of the letter[c].
Not That The Law Is At Fault For My Sin
7 Therefore, what shall we say? Is the Law sin[d]? May it never be! On-the-contrary, I would not have known[e] sin except through the Law.
Sin Used The Law To Produce Sin In Me
For indeed I would not have known[f] coveting[g] if the Law were not saying [in Ex 20:17], “You shall not covet”. 8 But sin, having taken[h] an opportunity[i] through the commandment, produced[j] every[k] [kind of ] coveting in me. For apart-from[l] the Law, sin is dead[m].
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- 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 7:8 Or, received.
- Romans 7:8 Or, occasion, starting point, base of operations.
- Romans 7:8 Or, opportunity, produced... in me through the commandment.
- Romans 7:8 Once aware it was forbidden, sin increased the coveting. This explains how the passions of sins were ‘through the Law’, v 5.
- Romans 7:8 Or, without a law.
- Romans 7:8 This is stated as a general principle. Sin is present, but inactive until it has a law to transgress. Thus God’s Law is the power of sin, 1 Cor 15:56. Or, ‘sin was dead’, stating it as the historical experience of Paul.
Romans 7:6-8
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Romans 7:6-8
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6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(A) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(B)
The Law and Sin
7 What shall we say, then?(C) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(D) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(E) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a](F) 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(G) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(H)
Footnotes
- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
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