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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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  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 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.