The apostle had shown, in chap Romans 4:15, that "the law worketh wrath," and is unable to give justification and salvation. He had further said, in chap Romans 6:14, that believers are not under law, but under grace. This latter idea he proceeds in the present chapter to unfold, in verses Romans 7:1-6; and while he vindicates the law as "holy, and just, and good," he yet shows the impossibility of gaining through it a victory over sin, in verses Romans 7:7-25. He then goes on to show, throughout the whole of the eighth chapter, the blessed state of those who are not under law, but under grace.

The law; the Mosaic law, as he proceeds to illustrate.

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