Romans 7:4
MARRIED Joined. (Ephesians 5:31); Same Greek word. Bride (of Christ). (2 Corinthians 11:1); (John 3:29); (Revelation 19:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
MARRIED Joined. (Ephesians 5:31); Same Greek word. Bride (of Christ). (2 Corinthians 11:1); (John 3:29); (Revelation 19:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
NEWNESS Compare (Romans 2:29); (2 Corinthians 3:6). "The letter" is a Paulinism for the law, as "spirit" in these passages is his word for the relationships and powers of new life in Christ Jesus. In 2 Corinthains 3, a series is presented of contrast of law with "spirit," of the old covenant and t... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE COMMANDMENT The passage (Romans 7:7) is autobiographical. Paul's religious experience was in three strongly marked phases: (1) He was a godly Jew under the law. That the passage does not refer to that period is clear from his own explicit statements elsewhere. At that time he held himself... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN/SINFUL SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]
CARNAL Compare (1 Corinthians 3:1); (1 Corinthians 3:4). "Carnal" meaning "fleshly" is Paul's word for the Adamic nature, and for the believer who "walks," that is, lives, under the power of it. "Natural" is his characteristic word for the unrenewed man (1 Corinthians 2:14) as "spiritual" designat... [ Continue Reading ]
I DO I ALLOW NOT The apostle personifies the strife of the two natures in the believer, the old or Adamic nature, and the divine nature received through the new birth (1 Peter 1:23); (2 Peter 1:4); (Galatians 2:20); (Colossians 1:27). The "I" which is Saul of Tarsus, and the "I" which is Paul the a... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]
LAW Six "laws" are to be distinguished in Romans: THE LAW OF MOSES, which condemns (Romans 3:19); THE "LAW" AS A PRINCIPLE, (Romans 3:21); THE LAW OF FAITH, which excludes self-righteousness (Romans 3:27); THE LAW OF SIN IN THE MEMBERS, which is victorious over the law of the mind (Romans 7:21)... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE BODY Or, out of this body of death. (Romans 8:11); (1 Corinthians 15:51); (1 Corinthians 15:52); (1 Thessalonians 4:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _... [ Continue Reading ]