Romans 7:5 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:5

For when ... - The illustration in this verse and the following is designed to show more at length the effect of the Law, whenever and whereever applied; whether in a state of nature or of grace. It was always the same. It was the occasion of agitation and conflict in a man’s own mind. This was true when a sinner was under conviction; and it was true when a man was a Christian. In all circumstances where the Law was applied to the corrupt mind of man, it produced this agitation and conflict.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 7:5-6

Romans 7:5-6. For We ought now to be fruitful in good works, because we were formerly fruitful in evil: when we were in the flesh Under the comparatively carnal dispensation of Moses, and in our natural corrupt state, before we believed on Christ and were regenerated. Thus, οι οντες εν σαρκι , they that are in the flesh, and οι κατα σαρκα οντες , they that are after the flesh, (Romans 8:5; Romans 8:8,) signify those that are influenced and governed by the fleshly principle, in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 7:1-25

The law cannot help (7:1-25)Through Christ, believers have not only died to sin, they have died to the law also, which means that their lives are now different. Paul gives an example. If a husband dies, the wife is no longer bound to him and is free to marry again. Likewise believers have died to the law so that the bond between them and the law is broken. However, they have been raised to new life and are now united to another, the living Christ (7:1-4). Formerly, they found that the more the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 7:5

in the flesh . Compare Romans 1:3 ; Romans 2:28 ; Romans 8:8 , Romans 8:9 . motions of sins = sinful passions (emphasis on "sinful"). Figure of speech Antimereia, App-6 . motions . Greek. pathema. Usually translated sufferings, afflictions. See Romans 8:18 . 2 Corinthians 1:5 , 2 Corinthians 1:6 , 2 Corinthians 1:7 . Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:24 .Philippians 1:3 , Philippians 1:10 . Colossians 1:24 . 2 Timothy 3:11 .Hebrews 2:9 , Hebrews 2:10 ; Heb 10:32 . 1 Peter 1:11 ; 1 Peter 4:13 ;... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.Under Romans 7:4 Paul's teaching is viewed as applicable to both Jewish and Gentile Christians, the same being essentially one "in Christ"; but this should not obscure the fact that the Jewish element in the church was primarily in the focus of Paul's words here.In the flesh ... refers to the nature of the Mosaic covenant, primarily one of flesh. It was the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 7:5

Romans 7:5. For when we were in the flesh, &c.— The design of this chapter is, to convince the Jews how unfavourable the law, in its rigour, is to the recovery and sanctification of a sinner; as it affords neither hope of pardon, nor power to conquer sin. And in this verse St. Paul gives a general description of the state of a Jew in servitude to sin, while under the law, which state he comments upon from Rom 7:7 to the end of the chapter. The words rendered motions of sins, are literally... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:5

5. For when we were in the flesh—in our unregenerate state, as we came into the world. See on :- and :-. the motions—"passions" (Margin), "affections" (as in :-), or "stirrings." of sins—that is, "prompting to the commission of sins." which were by the law—by occasion of the law, which fretted, irritated our inward corruption by its prohibitions. See on :-. did work in our members—the members of the body, as the instruments by which these inward stirrings find vent in action, and become... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 7:1-6

1. The law’s authority 7:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 7:5

This is the first use of the term "the flesh" (NASB) in the ethical sense in Romans. As mentioned previously, it refers to our human nature, which is sinful. The NIV translators interpreted it properly as "sinful nature." The description itself does not indicate whether the people in view are saved or unsaved since both have the flesh and operate by employing it. Here the context suggests that Paul had pre-conversion days in mind in this verse. Just as union with Christ can result in fruit... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:1-25

The Inadequacy of the Law to save1-6. St. Paul had spoken of the Law in a way which would offend an earnest Jew: cp. Romans 3:20-21; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20. In this chapter (Romans 7:7-25) he shows that the Law is divine in its character and beneficent in its work, but unable to free a man from the power of sin. Indeed, though not the cause, it is the occasion of sin. But first, in Romans 5:1-6, the statement in Romans 6:14, that Christians are not under law, is enforced and explained. Law... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 7:5-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 7:1-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 7:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 7:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 7:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 7:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 7:5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:1-25

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