14. For we know that the law is spiritual—in its demands. but I am carnal—fleshly (see on :-), and as such, incapable of yielding spiritual obedience. sold under sin—enslaved to it. The "I" here, though of course not the regenerate, is neither the unregenerate, but the sinful principle of the renewed man, as is expressly stated in :-. read more
15, 16. For, c.—better, "For that which I do I know not" that is, "In obeying the impulses of my carnal nature I act the slave of another will than my own as a renewed man?" for, &c.—rather, "for not what I would (wish, desire) that do I, but what I hate that I do." read more
16. If then I do that which I would not—"But if what I would not that I do," I consent unto the law that it is good—"the judgment of my inner man going along with the law." read more
17. Now then it is no more I—my renewed self. that do it—"that work it." but sin which dwelleth in me—that principle of sin that still has its abode in me. To explain this and the following statements, as many do (even BENGEL and THOLUCK), of the sins of unrenewed men against their better convictions, is to do painful violence to the apostle's language, and to affirm of the unregenerate what is untrue. That coexistence and mutual hostility of "flesh" and "spirit" in the same renewed man, which... read more
18. For, c.—better, "For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is in my flesh, any good." for to will—"desire." is present with me but how to perform that which is good—the supplement "how," in our version, weakens the statement. I find not—Here, again, we have the double self of the renewed man; "In me dwelleth no good; but this corrupt self is not my true self; it is but sin dwelling in my real self, as a renewed man." read more
19, 21. For, &c.—The conflict here graphically described between a self that "desires" to do good and a self that in spite of this does evil, cannot be the struggles between conscience and passion in the unregenerate, because the description given of this "desire to do good" in Romans 7:22 is such as cannot be ascribed, with the least show of truth, to any but the renewed. read more
2. The law’s activity 7:7-12Paul wrote that the believer is dead to both sin (Romans 6:2) and the Law (Romans 7:4). Are they in some sense the same? The answer is no (Romans 7:7). The apostle referred to the relationship between sin and the Law in Romans 7:5, but now he developed it more fully. Essentially his argument was that the Law is not sinful simply because it makes us aware of what is sinful (cf. Romans 3:20). The Law is similar to an X-ray machine that reveals a tumor. The machine... read more
Here is a concluding reaffirmation of the answer to Paul’s question in Romans 7:7. Far from being sinful, the Law is holy. It comes from a holy God and searches out sin. It is righteous because it lays just requirements on people and because it forbids and condemns sin. It is good because its purpose is to produce blessing and life (Romans 7:10). [Note: See Adeyemi, pp. 55-57.] read more
Paul next explained the Law’s relationship to death. The responsibility for death belongs to sin, not the Law (cf. Romans 6:23). Sin’s use of something good, the Law, to bring death shows its utter sinfulness (cf. Genesis 3:1). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 7:13
13. Was then that which is good made—"Hath then that which is good become" death unto me? God forbid—that is, "Does the blame of my death lie with the good law? Away with such a thought." But sin—became death unto me, to the end. that it might appear sin—that it might be seen in its true light. working death in—rather, "to" me by that which is good, that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful—"that its enormous turpitude might stand out to view, through its turning God's holy,... read more