Thus we find that a case of the kind described by the apostle in the preceding verses, whether it were his own, before he was brought to the knowledge of Christ, particularly during the three days that he was at Damascus, without being able to eat or drink, in deep penitential sorrow; or whether he personates a pharisaic yet conscientious Jew, deeply concerned for his salvation: I say, we find that such a case can be relieved by the Gospel of Christ only; or, in other words, that no scheme of redemption can be effectual to the salvation of any soul, whether Jew or Gentile, but that laid down in the Gospel of Christ. I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate . There is a good sentiment on this subject in the following words of an eminent poet: -. The expressions, in the flesh, and after the flesh, in Romans 7:5, and in Romans 8:5, Romans 8:8, Romans 8:9, etc., are of the same import with the word carnal in this verse. Thus I am in perpetual contradiction to myself. A carnal "Christian" lives a defeated life but the spiritual man walks by the Spirit. Thus God in his endless mercy has endued this faculty with a power in which, humanly speaking, resides the salvability of the soul; and without this the soul must have eternally continued under the power of sin, or been saved as an inert, absolutely passive machine; which supposition would go as nearly to prove that it was as incapable of vice as it were of virtue. For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. This is why we used bold and italic and not just colors on the above Scriptures. things to come, nor powers, The Law, which is to regulate the whole of the outward conduct, is holy; and the Commandment, Thou shalt not covet, which is to regulate the heart, is not less so. The Jews have the same form of expression; so in Yalcut Rubeni, fol. For just as you once yielded While unregenerate, a man is in a state of death and enmity against God, Romans 8:6-9. Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? It is difficult to conceive how the opinion could have crept into the Church, or prevailed there, that "the apostle speaks here of his regenerate state; and that what was, in such a state, true of himself, must be true of all others in the same state." The plain state of the case is this: the soul is so completely fallen, that it has no power to do good till it receive that power from on high. 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the Thus, not only the ancients, but also many moderns, have trifled, and all will continue to do so who do not acknowledge the Scriptural account of the fall of man, and the lively comment upon that doctrine contained in the seventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. "Being admonished, he becomes the more obstinate; and his fierceness is irritated by restraints. The strong expressions in this clause have led many to conclude that the apostle himself, in his regenerated state, is indisputably the person intended. If we lust after any thing which is afterwards prohibited, the flame of this desire burns the more fiercely. It discerns and approves, but is without ability to perform: it has no power over sensual appetites; in these the principle of rebellion dwells: it nills evil, it wills good, but can only command through the power of Divine grace: but this the person in question, the unregenerate man, has not received. 10 But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive Let an unregenerate man pretend what he pleases, his conscience knows that he hates religion; his soul revolts against it; his carnal mind is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. "The mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law. In summary, the later part of chapter 7 deals with Paul before he repented and followed Christ. . No. Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at - The first clause of this verse is a general assertion concerning the employment of the person in question in the state which the apostle calls carnal, and sold under sin. -, Επει γαρ ὁ ἁμαρτανων ου θελει ἁμαρτανειν, αλλα κατορθωσαι δηλον ὁτι, ὁ μεν θελει, ου ποιει, και ὁμη θελει, ποιει, κωλυωμεθα, αιρεται μαλλον της επιθυμιας ἡ φλοξ, If then I do that which I would not, etc. Romans 6: In another place the apostle says, “That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the chief” (1 Timothy 1:15). In Romans 7 Paul does something similar. 12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- And let it be observed, that the law did not answer this end merely among the Jews in the days of the apostle; it is just as necessary to the Gentiles to the present hour. If you are a professing Christian and live as Paul did, you too need to have God's grace in your life. II. The acceptance of this interpretation here as Paul's condition under the law will doubtless depends on ones theology, but it must be recognized and accepted this tense is allowed in Greek grammar. "Do you allow the law to be good, and yet say it is the cause of our death?" Romans Chapter 7 + Text Size ... Commentary for Romans 7 . Paul finds that Jesus Christ will deliver him, the wretched man under the law (7:24, 25). Virgil paints this in all its horrors, in the account he gives of the tyrant Mezentius. The basest slave of sin, who has any remaining checks of conscience, cannot be brought into a worse state than that described here by the apostle. The miserable sinner has a murderer, sin, within him; this murderer can only destroy life in certain circumstances; finding that the law condemns the object of his cruelty to death, he takes occasion from this to work in the soul all manner of concupiscence, evil and irregular desires and appetites of every kind, and, by thus increasing the evil, exposes the soul to more condemnation; and thus it is represented as being slain, Romans 7:11. but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin" (vv. . . 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and By the law is the knowledge of sin, Romans 7:8. Christ came to deliver the lawful captive, and take away the prey from the mighty. 8 But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought in me all kinds of covetousness. If then I do that which I would not, etc. It is God who justifies; [that] we might no longer be enslaved to sin" (v. 6). For without the law, sin was dead - This means, according to Dr. Taylor's hypothesis, the time previous to the giving of the law. that of the Gospel of Christ, Romans 7:1-4. But I am carnal, sold under sin - This was probably, in the apostle's letter, the beginning of a new paragraph. Those who preach only the Gospel to sinners, at best only heal the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly. 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the iii. 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly Our death in Christ “to that which held us captive” and our “serving in the new way of the Spirit” (Romans 7:6) does not mean we never stumble back into experience of captivity. Anciently, when regular cartels were not known, the captives became the slaves of their victors, and by them were sold to any purchaser; their slavery was as complete and perpetual as if the slave had resigned his own liberty, and sold himself: the laws of the land secured him to his master; he could not redeem himself, because he had nothing that was his own, and nothing could rescue him from that state but a stipulated redemption. The blue will appear as italic type and show the person under the power of sin. Our problem is that the law is spiritual and we are carnal. In explaining his position in Romans 7:5; he shows: For I speak to them that know the law - This is a proof that the apostle directs this part of his discourse to the Jews. For, truly, he who sins does not will sin, but wishes to walk uprightly: yet it is manifest that what he wills he doth not; and what he wills not he doth. By no means! "Our old self was crucified with him . because of righteousness. The character here assumed is that of a man, first ignorant of th… But now we are delivered from the law - We, who have believed in Christ Jesus, are delivered from that yoke by which we were bound, which sentenced every transgressor to perdition, but provided no pardon even for the penitent, and no sanctification for those who are weary of their inbred corruptions. It was often read and expounded in their synagogues: and they took delight in studying its precepts. He opens this chapter with the statement how "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin" (v. 1). Browse Sermons on Romans 7. 9 For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has But I see another law in my members - Though the person in question is less or more under the continual influence of reason and conscience, which offer constant testimony against sin, yet as long as help is sought only from the law, and the grace of Christ in the Gospel is not received, the remonstrances of reason and conscience are rendered of no effect by the prevalence of sinful passions; which, from repeated gratifications, have acquired all the force of habit, and now give law to the whole carnal man. For this acceptation of the word I can find no adequate authority except in its etymology - απο, from, and ὁρμη, impetus. The end of If any member of the body perform an action, we are said to do it with the body, although the other members be not employed. ON ROMANS - CHAPTER 7 <450701> ROMANS 7:1-25 IN the preceding chapter the Apostle had answered the chief objection against the doctrine of justification by faith without works. 31 What then shall we say to this? 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. 7 What then shall we say? Because most do not have color printers, red will appear as regular bold type and shows obedience. The excellency and usefulness of the law asserted and proved from the apostle's own experience, notwithstanding, Romans 7:7-14. The Scriptures, therefore, place these two characters in direct opposition to each other. says this Jew, "do you vilify the law, by charging it with favoring sin?" Aeneid, lib. It is truly astonishing into what endless mistakes men have fallen on this point, and what systems of divinity have been built on these mistakes. dominion over him. See farther observations on this point at the end of the chapter, ( Romans 7:22-25; (note)). ", The same poet delivers the same sentiment it another place: -, Acrior admonitu est, irritaturque retenta. ver. according to his purpose. - I have learned by experience that in an unregenerate man there is no good. This St. Paul frequently does, when he is not speaking of his own person, but only assuming another character, Romans 3:5; 1 Corinthians 10:30; 1 Corinthians 4:6. In chapter 8 Paul again reflects on the theme mention back in 7:6, "we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit." Romans 8: "The present tense is thus employed when a past event is viewed with the vividness of a present occurrence." You may print out this article if you wish, but we encourage you to keep this article's source with it (http://www.bibleviews.com/romans7.html) so others can find these studies if they wish. If this were true, Paul would be saying that a Christian is not able to do what is good, being sold under sin. - It is not the Will that leads men astray; but the corrupt Passions which oppose and oppress the will. righteousness? And by it slew me - Subjected me to that death which the law denounced against transgressors; and rendered me miserable during the course of life itself. To be in the flesh, or to be carnally minded, solely respects the unregenerate. For who hopes for what he That we should bring forth fruit unto God - we, Jews, who believe in Christ, have, in consequence of our union with him, received the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit; so that we bring forth that fruit of holiness unto God which, without this union, it would be impossible for us to produce. I was alive without the law once - Dr. Whitby paraphrases the verse thus: - "For the seed of Abraham was alive without the law once, before the law was given, I being not obnoxious to death for that to which the law had not threatened death; but when the commandment came, forbidding it under that penalty, sin revived, and I died; i.e. This state of bondage was well known to the Romans. Therefore by I here he cannot mean himself, nor any Christian believer: if the contrary could be proved, the argument of the apostle would go to demonstrate the insufficiency of the Gospel as well as the law. And by means of these we have seen even scoffers at Divine revelation become very eminent in arts and sciences; some of our best metaphysicians, physicians, mathematicians, astronomers, chemists, etc., have been known - to their reproach be it spoken and published - to be without religion; nay, some of them have blasphemed it, by leaving God out of his own work, and ascribing to an idol of their own, whom they call nature, the operations of the wisdom, power, and goodness of the Most High. The assertion that "every Christian, howsoever advanced in the Divine life, will and must feel all this inward conflict," etc., is as untrue as it is dangerous. et sanie taboque fluentes. sees? Warring against the law of my mind - There is an allusion here to the case of a city besieged, at last taken by storm, and the inhabitants carried away into captivity; αντιστρατευομενον, carrying on a system of warfare; laying continual siege to the soul; repeating incessantly its attacks; harassing, battering, and storming the spirit; and, by all these assaults, reducing the man to extreme misery. Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. Watch our overview video on the book of Romans, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. 2 By no means! Paul describes his old self: "I am carnal, sold under sin . Is he writing here about before or after becoming a Christian? Sin, therefore, must be then dead, as to its condemning power. And a wife is bound to her husband only as long as he lives, Romans 7:2, Romans 7:3. - This affecting account is finished more impressively by the groans of the wounded captive. By the law is the knowledge of sin, Romans 7:8. When the apostle says, to will is present with me, he shows that the will is on the side of God and truth, so far that it consents to the propriety and necessity of obedience. Et crescit rabies: remoraminaque ipsa nocebant. Why? Thus the apostle shows that the law had authority to prohibit, condemn, and destroy; but no power to pardon sin, root out enmity, or save the soul. That being dead wherein we were held - To us believers in Christ this commandment is abrogated; we are transferred to another constitution; that law which kills ceases to bind us; it is dead to us who have believed in Christ Jesus, who is the end of the law for justification and salvation to every one that believes. See before. "Commentary on Romans 7:4". It requires but little knowledge of the spirit of the Gospel, and of the scope of this epistle, to see that the apostle is, here, either personating a Jew under the law and without the Gospel, or showing what his own state was when he was deeply convinced that by the deeds of the law no man could be justified, and had not as yet heard those blessed words: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way, hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost, Acts 9:17. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. The heathens have remarked this propensity in man. 10 The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. Apart from the law sin lies dead. In Romans 7:6; he gives a summary account of the state of a Christian, or believing Jew, and the advantages he enjoys under the Gospel. He proves that the law, considered as a rule of action, though it was spiritual, just, holy, and good in itself, yet was insufficient for sanctification, or for freeing a man from the power of inbred sin. "What!" This expression is particularly adapted to the principles of the Pharisees, of whom St. Paul was one before his conversion. . The whole spirit of the sentiment is well summed up and expressed by St. Chrysostom: ὁταν τινος επιθυμωμεν, ειτε κωλυωμεθα, αιρεται μαλλον της επιθυμιας ἡ φλοξ . The law, therefore, is the grand instrument in the hands of a faithful minister, to alarm and awaken sinners; and he may safely show that every sinner is under the law, and consequently under the curse, who has not fled for refuge to the hope held out by the Gospel: for, in this sense also, Jesus Christ is the End of the Law for justification to them that believe. God in Christ Jesus our Lord. in order that we may also be glorified with him. Yet it is holy, just, and good, Romans 7:12. If it be said that it is impossible for an unregenerate man to delight in the law of God, the experience of millions contradicts the assertion. 18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to O wretched man that I am, etc. Sin therefore revived, then, as to its power of condemning, which it received first from the sin of Adam, which brought death into the world; and next, from the law of Moses, which entered that the offense might abound, and reign more unto death, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21. 11 For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me. "I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandments came, sin revived and I died" (v. 9). We sought justification and sanctification, pardon and holiness, by the law, and have found that the law could not give them: we have sought these in the Gospel scheme, and we have found them. What shall we say then — This is a kind of a digression, to the beginning of the next chapter, wherein the apostle, in order to show in the most lively manner the weakness and inefficacy of the law, changes the person and speaks as of himself, concerning the misery of one under the law. ", "The presumptuous human race obstinately rush into prohibited acts of wickedness. Paul delighted "in the law of God . - This is the question of the Jew, with whom the apostle appears to be disputing. See Romans 8:2. The apostle answers, "No; wickedness is consistent with a sense of truth. In Romans chapter 7 the apostle Paul describes the experience that a believer has when they are trying to please God by keeping the Law. This will, though a free principle, as it respects its nilling of evil and choosing good, yet, properly speaking, has no power by which it can subjugate the evil or perform the good. "You who were once slaves of sin" are "set free from sin" (v. 17), "You were slaves of sin" and you now "have become slaves of God, have becomes slaves of righteousness" (v. 18). That the law is sin? 28 We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called 1832. He first writes about the purpose of the law, "If it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin." It seems to me that the groaning of Romans 8:23 as we “wait for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies” is essenti… Mortua quin etiam jungebat corpora Vivis. But it is farther supposed that these things cannot be spoken of a proud or wicked Jew; yet we learn the contrary from the infallible testimony of the word of God. "Sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace" (v. 14). dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Let us all hear the Word, and have God's grace in our lives. Can this ever be said of a man in whom the Spirit of God dwells, and whom the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made free from the law of sin and death? For this I have already given sufficient reasons in the preceding notes. Dead to the Law. 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for supplies neither help nor hope to the sinner, but leaves him under the power of sin, and the sentence of death. But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit" (v. 6). 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in Someone who is willfully committing sin is not doing what he hates, because his mind approves of it. This presupposes that the early Jesus believers were continuing … In fact, the “therefore” of Romans 7:25explains that the victory does not make the warfare past; it makes it possible and real. is sanctification and its end, eternal life. For without the law, sin was dead - Where there is no law there is no transgression; for sin is the transgression of the law; and no fault can be imputed unto death, where there is no statute by which such a fault is made a capital offense. Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? But Paul is at pains to make clear in Romans 7:25 that the difference does not put the warfare behind us. v. 14 We’re in agreement with the law because it is good and just. The Jew might allege: "But the law is holy and spiritual; and I assent to it as good, as a right rule of action, which ought to be observed; yea, I esteem it highly, I glory and rest in it, convinced of its truth and excellency. cannot; And I well understand the evil which I presume to commit. I thank God through Jesus Christ - Instead of ευχαριστω τῳ Θεῳ, I thank God, several excellent MSS., with the Vulgate, some copies of the Itala, and several of the fathers, read ἡ χαρις του Θεου, or του Κυριου, the grace of God, or the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; this is an answer to the almost despairing question in the preceding verse. seem inconsistent with what he said in chapter 6. 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things These παθηματα, propensities, constitute the fallen nature; they are the disease of the heart, the pollution and corruption of the soul. He lives a dying life, or a living death. The following observations of a pious and sensible writer on this subject cannot be unacceptable: "The inward man always signifies the mind; which either may, or may not, be the subject of grace. men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to (7-13) The spiritual conflicts between corruption and grace in a believer. See more examples in Wetstein. But the word carnal, though used by the apostle to signify a state of death and enmity against God, is not sufficient to denote all the evil of the state which he is describing; hence he adds, sold under sin. - Or, as long as It liveth; law does not extend its influence to the dead, nor do abrogated laws bind. Wherefore the law is holy - As if he had said, to soothe his countrymen, to whom he had been showing the absolute insufficiency of the law either to justify or save from sin: I do not intimate that there is any thing improper or imperfect in the law as a rule of life: it prescribes what is holy, just, and good; for it comes from a holy, just, and good God. Then, they yield not up their members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; for sin shall not have the dominion over them, because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made them free from the law of sin and death, Romans 6:13, Romans 6:14; Romans 8:2. Thus it appears that man cannot have a true notion of sin but by means of the law of God. I consent unto the law; I show by this circumstance that I acknowledge the law to be good. viii. 7:2-4 - Christians are the bride of Christ; 7:5 - Our wrong desires; 7:6 - Who guides your life: God's Spirit or your natural thoughts? This is farther explained in the next verse. 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