and Romans 7:13 confirm the connection with κατειργ. Romans 1:28 Commentary. The Jew was then alive, because he was not under the law subjecting him to death for his transgressions; but when the commandment came, with the penalty of death annexed, sin revived, and the Jew died. See especially Romans 7:15, Romans 7:17, Romans 7:18, Romans 7:20. By feeling the curse and condemnation of the law, the impenitent sinner is excited to hate the law and to hate God. Papists abolishing, or at least destroying, the sense of the second commandment, by making it a member of the first, that they may retain the number of ten words (so loth are heretics to have their asses’ ears seen) they divide this last; which yet Paul here calls the commandment; and sure he knew better than they the analysis of the law. But now suddenly he encounters a road with frequent signs limiting speed to thirty miles an hour. 3,) “The human race, bold to endure all things, rushes through forbidden crime.” Thus, Ovid (Amor. (1-3) The law has authority only over the living. Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible. See what St. Paul says of the heathen philosophers, chap. Thus every word of the commandment has, so to speak, the property of awakening in the heart a new lust. The Paperback Bible. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". But in Romans 8:9; Romans 8:11; Romans 8:16; Romans 8:26-27 it signifies that heavenly Person, whom we call the Holy Ghost, given to the Apostles and others in his miraculous power, and sent to enlighten and sanctify all those who submit to the righteousness of God which is by faith, and desire to live soberly, righteously, and godly. 1859. Here the law is represented as furnishing sin with the material or ground of assault, "the fulcrum for the energy of the evil principle." THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS. The order of the phrases is due to the necessity of emphasising the manner of sin’s entry into experience; διὰ τ. ἐ. is here unemphatic. Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". See 2 Corinthians 5:12; Galatians 5:13; 1 Timothy 5:14. Nay--"On the contrary" (as in Romans 8:37, 1 Corinthians 12:22; Greek). 7:8 Thus it was through the commandment that sin wrought all manner of coveting. 4,) “Do not think, Romans, that it will be hereafter as it was before the Law was enacted. Romans 1:29-31 Commentary. 15.24 x 5.84 x 23.11 cm. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/romans-7.html. The Apostle Paul uses the comparison of being married until death parts them and they are legally free to remarry to that of being freed from the law and the penalty of it because “the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives” (Rom 7:1b). The speed limit signs did not create the wild desire to rush forward: that was there before. Is the law sin? He spurns its authority, yet his conscience tells him it is right; he attempts to throw it off, yet trembles at its power; and to show his independence, or his purpose to sin, he plunges into iniquity, and becomes a more dreadful and obstinate sinner. Cf. In this ἀφορμήν placed first emphatically, not in ἡ ἁμαρτία (Th. If the latter, then, is is to be supplied: ‘Without the law sin is dead." But sin, taking occasion by the commandment (that commandment which expressly forbids it) wrought in me all manner of lusting.' Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata. But let the Law of God be brought home to his conscience, and he becomes maddened and enraged. Wrought in me all manner of concupiscence, πάσαν ἐπιθυμίαν, every (evil) desire. (f) Abkath Rochel, l. 1. par. without having the law subsisting at the same time: for from the time Adam sinned and broke the law, the law was not re-enacted till it was given by Moses, as appears from chap. This gives a deeper view of the tenth commandment than the mere words suggest. Romans chapter 7 is the last retreat of the religious sinner. S. Paul analyses his own experience as typical. Wrought in me - Produced or worked in me. The latter view best suits the context. Sin, he says, wrought in him all manner of lust. "Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament". Publisher. For God Will Judge People as Sinners (3:7-8) a. BibliographyGodet, Frédéric Louis. BLESSED (spiritually prosperous) ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN: makarioi on aphethesan (3PAPI) ai anomiai:. For apart from a knowledge of right and wrong sin has no power of action; there is no moral sense or moral judgment. Thus, Cato says (Livy, xxxiv. See 2 Corinthians 5:12; Galatians 5:13; 1 Timothy 5:14. Generally, resources, as means of war, capital in business. BibliographyBarnes, Albert. ), ‘Parricidæ cum lege cœperunt, et illis facinus pœna monstravit:’ and a remarkable passage from Cato’s speech in Livy xxxiv. 1905. BibliographyGill, John. Go to. 4.6 out of 5 stars 84. 1. In Romans chapter 7 the apostle Paul describes the experience that a believer has when they are trying to please God by keeping the Law. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? But (proceeding with the development of sin by means of the law) sin (the sinful principle or propensity, but without any conscious personification on the part of the Apostle,—see some excellent remarks on personification in Tholuck) having found occasion ( ἀφορμή, as its derivation shews, means more than mere opportunity,—it indicates the furnishing the material and ground of attack, the wherewith and whence to attack. Thus, Seneca says (de Clementia, i. Whiteside explained, "As sin is lawlessness, sin would not be operative where there is no law." "Commentary on Romans 7:8". Used only by Paul. Paul says that such an idea is certainly not correct. Ἁφορμή is therefore primarily a starting-point, a base of operations. Sin, finding a series of prohibitions enumerated in the commandment, made use of this means to enkindle desire for the forbidden objects. "Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament". It was not confined to one single desire, but extended to everything which the Law declared to be wrong. This verse is not logically connected with the preceding. What . The Argument. Sin, taking occasion. (2) the Law acts the part of a detector, and lays open to view that which was in the bosom, but was concealed. Sin; his sinful inclination led him to resist the commandment, and the more to indulge evil desires in opposition to its requirements. Chapter 3. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". A preacher might get at this very challenging text from one of two directions.1 Each approach comes with its own difficulties. There is therefore now no condemnation: The simple declaration of no condemnation comes to those who are in Christ Jesus. Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary. Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture Mark Sayers. 2012. For until the Law comes on the scene sin is able to continue its work unnoticed. (1) It crosses the path of the sinner, and opposes his intention, and the current of his feelings and his life. "Only Jesus was perfect." 6:14; 7:4; Gal. Thus, the presentation of wealth, or of advantages possessed by others which we have not, may excite covetousness or envy. 1870. return to 'Jump List'. We must beware of understanding with Beza the verb ἦν, was: "Without law sin was dead." Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? — Sin so constantly repeated here is in the singular number, meaning the sin- principle, i. e., original sin and not actual sin, which is in the plural. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). 2. This is the case with regard to sin in every form. If the former, then we must supply was: ‘Sin is excited by the law, for without the law sin was dead;' i.e., I was not aware of its existence. Paul means, according to him, that the law manifested the various lusts already present. (p) Though sin is in us, yet it is not known as sin, neither does it rage in the same way that it rages after the law is known. The words here are not to be joined, as Luth., Olsh., Meyer, with διὰ τ. ἐντολῆς [which belongs to κατηργάσατο, see below]:—for (1) ἀφορμ. Rep. 33). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/romans-7.html. 8. The law was given to restrain sin, but through our corruption it falls out contrarily. How it convinces of sin, and brings into bondage, Romans 7:13-24. For this acceptation of the word I can find no adequate authority except in its etymology - απο, from, and ὁρμη, impetus. (Doddridge.). not active, because that is wanting, by which it may take occasion to be alive. Hodge's Commentary on Romans, Ephesians and First Corintians. of Romans 7:7. August 24, 2008 . https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ice/romans-7.html. S. H. p. 145. The apostle here calls concupiscence by the name of sin; because it is the consequence and punishment of it, and drags us along to sin. The principle of sin took occasion, not, as Reiche thinks, received occasion; for it is conceived as something revived (Romans 7:9), which works. £9.99. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". In this case we should not have to translate: "Taking occasion from the commandment," which would require one of the prepositions ἀπό or ἐκ usual in such a case. Upon Romans 7:5; he comments, from Romans 7:7-25, and upon Romans 7:6; he comments, Romans 8:1-11. The literal translation would be: Without law sin is dead. The word is the same which in Romans 7:7 is rendered “lust.” If it be asked in what way the Law led to this, we may reply, that the main idea here is, that opposition by law to the desires and passions of wicked men only tends to inflame and exasperate them. The Mosaic Law became a curse! Every species of unlawful desire. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". (4) this is particularly true in regard to a sinner. "To man everything forbidden appears as a desirable blessing; but yet, as it is forbidden, he feels that his freedom is limited, and now his lust rages more violently, like the waves against the dyke" (Tholuck). August 27, 2017. Perhaps no where has he evinced more consummate knowledge of the human heart than here. Erasmus (Thol.) https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/romans-7.html. To the extent that he had light*, he delighted in the law of God in the inward man. But most of us can look back to sins that we had committed for years without recognising that they were sins, and to the moment of illumination when we said, ‘God forgive me, what have I been doing?’. ISBN-10. All humans stand condemned under the Law (cf. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/romans-7.html. This book is written for those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. The commandment of itself does not produce this result; it is sin which, so to speak, trades upon the commandment for its own profit. The restraint of law makes sin spring into life, because our human nature rebels against any restraint. 1. Chapter 13. Gospel. 6:14; 7:4; Gal. About This Book. (Romans 7:22.) This is evidently in a comparative sense. Thus, we say that a tempting object of desire presented is the exciting cause of covetousness. 1685. BibliographyIce, Rhoderick D. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". BibliographySchaff, Philip. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Chapter 9. College Press, Joplin, MO. 1909-1922. The Argument (3:7-8a) b. Sin and the Commandment together—Sin, the evil principle in men, acting as the primary cause, and the Commandment as the secondary cause—led their unfortunate victim into all kinds of violation of the Law. Commenting on this passage, R.L. Romans 7:8 Context 5 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. The word appears to signify, in general, whatsoever is necessary for the completion or accomplishment of any particular purpose. 1870. 3,) "The human race, bold to endure all things, rushes through forbidden crime." 1683594010. Taking occasion - The word “occasion” ἀφορμὴν aphormēnproperly denotes any material, or preparation for accomplishing anything; then any opportunity, occasion, etc. Commentary on Romans 8:18-25 (Read Romans 8:18-25) The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. All Videos PDFs. For examples of ἀφορμὴν λαμβ., to take occasion, see Wetstein and Kypke. Sin is relatively inoperative until excited into opposition by the law. They live at ease. Cf. 1835. They think themselves to be as good as can be reasonably required of them. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind Tom Holland. Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament. Thus, the presentation of wealth, or of advantages possessed by others which we have not, may excite covetousness or envy. 1879-90. "William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament". "Finding occasion"-"taking opportunity" (NASV), "a starting-point, a base of operations" (Vincent p. 78). Comp. 3:13; Eph. … Chapter 6. God forbid!--"I have said that when we were in the flesh the law stirred our inward corruption, and was thus the occasion of deadly fruit: Is then the law to blame for this? V., Taking occasion by the commandment, here and at Romans 7:11]; as in Romans 7:11 twice.— χωρὶς— νεκρὰ, without—dead) A self-evident principle.— νεκρὰ, dead) viz. Paul emphasizes this, saying that, "apart from the law sin is dead. Every Christian knows by experience the truth of all the Apostle declares in this verse. ", [Note: Newell, pp265-66. Romans 2:24-26 Commentary. Et hominem improbum non accusari tutius est, quam absolvi, et luxuria non mota tolerabilior esset, quam erit nunc, ipsis vinculis, sicut fera bestia, irritata, deinde emissa.’. Concupiscence - Unlawful or irregular desire. (Romans 7:25.) https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dun/romans-7.html. It is comparatively inoperative and unknown, until aroused and brought to light by the law. But the thing to which we are here said to be excited is not this, but we are excited to does, things forbidden by the law. (Rückert, Winzer, Benecke, de Wette, Fritzsche, Tholuck, Umbreit, van Hengel, and Hofmann), not with ἀφορμ. Romans 2:7-8 Commentary. dead — that is, the sinful principle of our nature lies so dormant, so torpid, that its virulence and power are unknown, and to our feeling it is as good as “dead.”. The absence of the verb before "dead" in the Greek text indicates that what Paul was saying was a generalization rather than a specific historical allusion. But for this, the effect here described would not have existed. Resistance to its restraints increased his wickedness, and showed, beyond what he had before seen, his depravity of heart. Inclination for unlawful enjoyments. If you tell a small child, "Suppose a man determined to drive his automobile to the very limit of its speed. ἐν ἐμοὶ. It is as though it was dead. If it be asked in what way the Law led to this, we may reply, that the main idea here is, that opposition by law to the desires and passions of wicked men only tends to inflame and exasperate them. The carnal mind is the nature in which a person's conduct is based until God acts to convert or transform him; it is man's deceitful heart (Jeremiah 17:9).Once an individual is called, and the Father and Son have revealed Themselves and some of Their purpose to him, this verse succinctly describes the major impediment to our submitting to Them. E. There have been four major theories about how to interpret chapter 7. --- Nitmur in vetitum --- which is the offspring of a disorderly love of liberty and independence. Genesis 3. It becomes a struggle for victory; in the controversy with God he re solves not to be overcome. 8. Romans 8 – A New and Wonderful Life in the Spirit A. Concupiscence.—Rather, coveting; the same word which had been used above. BibliographyTorrey, R. A. "Commentary on Romans 7:8". "Commentary on Romans 7:8". The law inhibiting sin, and not giving power to avoid it, our impetuous lusts take occasion or advantage from thence, the more eagerly to pursue it. Vv. Romans 5:13-14. The connection requires us to under stand it only so far as it was excited by the Law. The verb ἀφορμάω means to make a start from a place. This is evidently in a comparative sense. Romans 5:13. Greek: tois men kath hupomonen ergou agathou doxan kai timen kai aphtharsian zetousin (PAPMPD) zoen aionion,. Sin was dead; i.e. Thus Köllner says, " ἐπιθυμίαν, so von ἁμαρτία verschieden, dass diese das gleichsam im Menschen ruhende sündliche Princip bezeichnet, ἐπιθυμία aber die im einzelnen Falle wirksame böse Lust, ganz eigentlich die Begierde, die dann zunächst zur Sünde in concreto fürht." 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