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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Romans 7:7-25

Fifth Section.—Synopsis: The law, in its holy design, by the feeling of death, to lead to the new life in grace. The development of the law from externality to inwardness. The experience of Paul a sketch from life of the conflict under the law, as well as of the transition from the old life in the law to the new life in the Spirit.Romans 7:7-257What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. [Let it not be!] Nay, [but] I had not known [i. e., recognized] sin, but by [except through] the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Romans 7:14-25

the Conflict Within Romans 7:14-25 The Apostle gives a further statement of his personal experience of the inability of the soul to realize the divine ideal which has been revealed to it as the norm and type of its attainment. Life does not run smoothly. There are effort, strain, failure, the consciousness of sin, the dazzling glory of sunlight on inaccessible peaks. Why is this? It is due to the lack of “power unto salvation.” We are not strong enough to win any victory. We are weak through... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:1-25

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 the Pauline writings. The pronouns change from the plural to the singular. The whole of the seventh chapter gives us a picture of the religious experience of Paul up to the time of his meeting with Christ. It deals with his condition before the law, his experience at the coming of the law, and... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 7:7-25

The Inward Conflict Romans 7:7-25 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 bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Then the conclusion is drawn, that we are "become dead to the Law by the body of Christ; that [we] should be married to Another, even to Him who is raised from the dead."... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:1-25

What Then Of The Law? Is The Law Good Or Bad? And How Does The Christian Stand In Relation To The Law. How Can It Be Fulfilled? (7:1-8:4). Whereas chapter 6 has concentrated on our deliverance from the tyranny of sin, this chapter brings out the position of the Christian as regards the Law, deliverance from which is found in our dying with Christ and living in Him in the new life of the Spirit (Romans 7:1-6). This question concerning the Law might not seem so important to us, but for the early... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:7-25

Paul’s Personal Experience Of The Law, Used As An Illustration In Order That The Roman Christians Might Also Apply It To Themselves, Demonstrating Both The Holiness And The Powerlessness of The Law; The Sinfulness Of Our Flesh, Even Though Redeemed; The Transformation Of The Redeemed Mind; And The Way Of Release Through Jesus Christ Our Lord And The Law Of The Spirit Of Life In Christ Jesus (7:7-8:2). Paul now gives what we might see as a personal testimony (note the singular personal pronouns... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:14-25

The Law Which Was Spiritual Was Limited By The Fleshliness Of Men (Including Christians) Whose Desires Often Caused Them To Do What Was Bad Rather Than What Was Good (7:14-8:4). When looking at this passage we have to see it in the context of the whole letter. We must ask, is it just a parenthesis, or is it part of a constructive, ongoing presentation? Chapter 6 has dealt with our oneness in Christ in relation to dying to sin and living with Him, resulting in our need to be yielded to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:16

‘But if what I would not, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.’ ‘Thus’, says Paul, ‘if I at times do what I in my mind do not want to do, doing what I know to be contrary to God’s Law, but hating it even while I am doing it, I am by my very hatred of what I am doing demonstrating that I consent to the Law that it is good. I am upholding the Law as good by my very condemnation of my disobedience to it’. So his very moral struggle is seen as bringing out his great admiration for the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:7-23

Romans 7:7-Isaiah : . 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 appears from ch. 6 , and from the contrastive “ now” of Romans 8:1. Failing to “ reckon himself dead unto sin,” the believer may, doubtless, relapse into the misery of Romans 7:24. Romans 7:7 f. The legalist interjects: “ What shall We say then? is the law sin?” Paul... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 7:16

This very thing is an argument, that the law is such as I have before asserted, Romans 7:12,Romans 7:14. This shows my consent to the holiness and goodness of the law; I vote with it, and for it, as the only rule of right or righteousness. read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Romans 7:7-25

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Romans 7:14-25

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:1-25

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 7:7-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:1-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:7-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:14-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:7-23

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 7:16

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