Verse 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 facts of the life. See on :-.
to bring forth fruit unto death—death in the sense of :-. Thus hopeless is all holy fruit before union to Christ.
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