“ For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. ”
For sin - This verse is a repetition, with a little variation of the sentiment in Romans 7:8 . Deceived me - The word used here properly means to lead or seduce from the right way; and then...
Autobiography of the Man under Law. What it means to be in bondage to the old letter (6), the apostle will show from his own experience. That the following description belongs to Paul's legal past...
deceived . Greek. exapatao. Here, Romans 16:18 . 1Co 3:18. 2 Corinthians 11:3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 .
11. Led me out of the way, etc. It is indeed true, that while the will of God is hid from us, and no truth shines on us, the life of men goes wholly astray and is full of errors; nay, we...
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me . Sin, taking occasion - Sin, deriving strength from the law, threatening death to the transgressor, (see Clarke's note on...
For sin, taking occasion— "Sin, taking the opportunity of my being under the law, slew me." See the note on Romans 7:5 . Instead of deceived me, Mr. Locke reads, inveigled me; and observes, th...
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. For sin (that is, my sinful nature), taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me - drew me aside into the very...
The Inadequacy of the Law to save 1-6. St. Paul had spoken of the Law in a way which would offend an earnest Jew: cp. Romans 3:20-21 ; Romans 4:15 ; Romans 5:20 . In this chapter ( Romans 7:7-2...
(11-13) The cause of this miscarriage lay not with the Law but with Sin. Sin played the tempter, and then made use of the Commandment to condemn and destroy its victims. All this time the Law ( i.e.,...
Chapter 15 JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HUMAN LIFE Romans 6:14-23 - Romans 7:1-6 AT the point we have now reached, the Apostle's thought pauses for a moment, to resume. He...
the Law Makes Sin Known Romans 7:1-13 To make his meaning clear the Apostle now enters upon a parable drawn from domestic life. He says that we are married to the Law as our first husband, and...
Continuing his argument, the apostle showed under the marital figure that a change of covenant changes the center of responsibility. Then we have one of the great personal and experimental passages...
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (8) But sin, taking occasion by...
For sin taking occasion by the commandment ,.... As in Romans 7:8 , deceived me ; either by promising pleasure or impunity: the same effect is ascribed by the Jews to the evil imagination or corr...
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me . Ver. 11. Deceived me ] Irritated my corrupt nature, and made me sin the more, per accidens, as Pharaoh was the wo...
For I was alive In my own conceit; without the law Without the proper knowledge of its spirituality, extent, and obligation. I apprehended myself to be righteous, and in the way to life eternal;...
Change of "Husbands" But a Struggle for Freedom In Romans 7:1-25 we are faced with the case of a renewed conscience recognizing the claims of righteousness - or more correctly, holiness - hating...
Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. A. D. 58. 7 What shall we say then? Is the l...
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment: see the notes on Romans 7:8 . Deceived me; i.e. seduced and drew me aside, Hebrews 3:13 James 1:14 . And by it slew me; i.e. it drove me int...
Paul's Initial Experience Of The ‘Slaying' Power Of The Law (7:7-13). Having demonstrated that much of what sin does in chapter 6, the Law does in Romans 7:1-6 (see introduction to chapter 7 abo...
CRITICAL NOTES Romans 7:7 .—I had not known the specific character and peculiar nature of lust. The law of God proclaims to man non concupisces , and thus he learns that concupiscence is sin. Th...
sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 5:21 ).
Romans 7:7-13 A Chapter in Saul's Early Life. I. St. Paul repels with energy the idea that there can be anything essentially bad, unholy, or immoral about the blessed law of God itself. On the co...
Romans 7:1-3 . Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the la...
Romans 7:1 . I speak to them that know the law, with a view more fully to illustrate the liberation from the condemnation of the law, that the law has dominion over a man, and over a woman, as lon...
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. The law I. Its nature-- 1. Moral. 2. Spiritual. 3. Exemplified by the particular commandment quoted. II. Its use-- 1. To desc...
EXPOSITION Romans 7:1-45 Here comes in the third illustration of the moral obligation of the baptized. It rests on the recognized principle that death cancels the claims of human law on a...
The Purpose of the Law and Its Effect. The object of the Law:
Ephesians 4:22 ; Hebrews 3:13 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; James 1:22 ; James 1:26 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Jeremiah 49:16 ; Obadiah 1:3 ; Romans 7:13 ; Romans 7:8
The Inward Conflict Romans 7:7-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first part of the seventh of Romans presents the illustration of a woman with two husbands. It tells us that the woman which hath a hus...
Deceived me — While I expected life by the law, sin came upon me unawares and slew all my hopes.