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Having Died, We Are Released From The Law Through Which Sin Produced Death

For when we were in the flesh[a], the passions of [b] sins which[c] were through[d] the Law were at-work in our body-parts so as to bear-fruit for death.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:5 That is, before we died with Christ.
  2. Romans 7:5 That is, leading to; or, belonging to (sin’s passions).
  3. Romans 7:5 That is, the passions... which.
  4. Romans 7:5 That is, were increased through the Law, 5:20. Paul explains this next in v 7-8.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law (A)were at work in our members (B)to bear fruit to death.

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For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](A) the sinful passions aroused by the law(B) were at work in us,(C) so that we bore fruit for death.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (A)in our members (B)to bear fruit for death.

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