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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 7:14-25

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 7:14.—Rabbins: “The law, because of its spirituality, will dwell only in the soul that is free from dross.”Romans 7:15.—I am blinded, I am hurried along and tripped up, I know not how. The “I” here not the complex responsible self by whom the deed is done and the guilt incurred, but the self of the will in its higher sense, the inner man. Quotations show that in all countries there is a struggle in the breast between conscience and carnal inclination. They also show how... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 7:14-25

Romans 7:14-25 Dualism in the Life. I. This is the earliest place in this Epistle where the two terms "flesh and spirit" occur in clear contrast, with the peculiar ethical sense conferred upon them by one another. In the next chapter we find them in constant use, as the key words of his argument. The point of St. Paul here is that the law of God partakes of His own nature. It, too, is spiritual. It reflects the Divine character, for it expresses the Divine will, and therefore between it and the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 7:1-25

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 he lives. "Don't you realize," Paul said, "you that know the law,"that the law has dominion over you as long as you live? ( Romans 7:1 )One example of the law that he brings to show the point,For the woman which has a husband is bound by the law to the husband as long as he is living; but if the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 7:1-25

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 as they live. The dissolution of marriage by death was a new and striking argument, that Christ by his death had taken away sin, and therefore put the new covenant in full force, that they might now embrace the promises, and bring forth all the fruits of the Spirit: and whom the Son makes free,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 7:7-25

Romans 7:7-25To whom does the passage refer?To the unregenerate.--It has been much discussed whether this section describes a justified man, or a man still unforgiven. The latter view was held by Origen and the Greek fathers generally. The former was adopted by Augustine and the Latin fathers generally. It was received in the West during the Middle Ages; and by the Reformers. It is now held, I believe, by most Calvinists. Among Arminians the view of the Greek fathers prevails. It is worthy of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 7:16

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Ver. 16. I consent unto the law ] I vote with it, and for it, as the rule of right; I wish also well to the observance of it, as David did, Psalms 119:45 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 7:16

I consent: Romans 7:12, Romans 7:14, Romans 7:22, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:128 Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:13 - gavest Job 33:27 - right Psalms 119:47 - which Psalms 119:140 - pure Amos 5:15 - Hate Micah 6:8 - what is Romans 7:15 - what Philippians 1:10 - ye 1 Timothy 1:8 - the law read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 7:16

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.It is good — This single word implies all the three that were used before, Romans 7:12, "holy, just, and good." read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:7-25

c. But the law is to be exculpated from blame , Romans 7:7-25 . The new Church is freed from law as a woman from an oppressive husband, and the apostle is about to picture the bliss of that emancipation when he is interrupted by two questions, and compelled to postpone that picture to the next chapter. Those questions and their answers (7-12 and 13-25) occupy the remainder of this entire chapter. The Jew, made jealous for the law by Romans 7:5, demands: “ Is the law sin?” No, the apostle... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:13-25

Second question, and answer The law not made death to me , Romans 7:13-25 . It is now demanded whether by this narrative (Romans 7:8-12) it is to be understood that this holy thing, the law, is responsible for his death. The answer is, By no manner of means. And to show this he goes over the same story again of Romans 7:8-12, with fuller particulars, so stated as to show that it was sin, not law, that formed for him the body of this death above described in Romans 7:11. From this it is... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 7:14-25

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 7:14-25

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 7:1-25

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 7:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 7:7-25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 7:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 7:16

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 7:16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:7-25

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:13-25

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