Romans 7:13-15

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Not That The Law Killed Me. Sin Is To Blame For My Death

¹³Therefore did the good thing become death^[a] for me? May it never be! On the contrary, it was sin, in order that it might become-visible as sin while producing death in me through the good thing, in order that sin might become extremely^[b] sinful through the commandment.

I Agree The Law Is Good, But The Sin In Me Produces Behavior I Hate

¹⁴For^[c] we know that the Law is spiritual. But I am made-of-flesh^[d], having been sold under sin. ¹⁵For I do not understand^[e] what^[f] I am producing. For I am not practicing this which I am wanting, but I am doing this which I am hating.

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Footnotes

Romans 7:13 If the Law resulted in death, v 5, 10, is God’s Law responsible for my death?
Romans 7:13 Or, supremely, utterly.
Romans 7:14 The purpose of v14-25 is to prove that sin is responsible for death, not the Law. Paul uses himself as an example, and scholars debate whether he has in view his experience as a Pharisee or a Christian (each view giving a different sense to ‘Law’ and ‘death’). What Paul says in these verses is true of anyone trying to live under law.
Romans 7:14 That is, carnal, fleshly; or, human, of Adam’s race.
Romans 7:15 Or, ‘acknowledge’ as representing his true desires.
Romans 7:15 For example, this coveting, v 7.

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