Romans 7:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. ”

Romans 7:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Was then that which is good ... - This is another objection which the apostle proceeds to answer. The objection is this, “Can it be possible that what is admitted to be good and pure, should be c...
Romans 7:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) Was then that which is good (u) made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might (x) appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might (y) become exce...
Romans 7:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Romans 7:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Was... made . Did, then, that which is good become. But . Nay! appear . be seen to be. App-106. working . working out. See Romans 1:27 . in . Dative case. No preposition. exceeding . Gree...
Romans 7:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Has then what is good, etc. He had hitherto defended the law from calumnies, but in such a manner, that it still remained doubtful whether it was the cause of death; nay, the minds of...
Romans 7:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. Wa...
Romans 7:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Was then that which is good, &c.— This is an exact translation of the text, according to the order of the words in the Greek. It may be thus paraphrased: Jew.—"And yet you say, we were made sub...
Romans 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful...
Romans 7:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Romans 7:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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.,...
Romans 7:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Romans 7:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Romans 7:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Romans 7:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Romans 7:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SINFULNESS OF SIN ‘That sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.’ Romans 7:13 In the Bible we have three things:— I. ‘Sin,’ the vicious principle in the breast . II. ‘...
Romans 7:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Was then that which is good, made death unto me ?.... An objection is started upon the last epithet in commendation of the law; and it is as if the objector should say, if the law is good, as you sa...
Romans 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful....
Romans 7:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore Since then, by what has been said, it appears that the law is not the cause of sin or death, except indirectly and by accident, it must be acquitted from this charge, and acknowledged to...
Romans 7:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Romans 7:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. A. D. 58. 7 What shall we say then? Is the l...
Romans 7:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid: another anticipation. The apostle denies that the holy law was in its own nature deadly, or the cause of death to him; the fault was not...
Romans 7:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Romans 7:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Romans 7:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

sin/sinful Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 5:21 ).
Romans 7:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 7:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 7:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Romans 7:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Romans 7:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Romans 7:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Was, then, that which is good made death unto me? God forbid! But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good, that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful....
Romans 7:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 3:21 ; James 1:13-15 ; Romans 8:3 ; Romans 5:20 ; Romans 7:8-11
Romans 7:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Romans 7:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was then that which is good made the cause of evil to me; yea, of death, which is the greatest of evil? Not so. But it was sin, which was made death to me, inasmuch as it wrought death in me even b...

Romans 7:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 7:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 7:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 7:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 7:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 7:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 7:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 7:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 7:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Romans 7:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 7:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 7:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 7:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 7:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 7:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 7:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 7:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 7:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 7:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 7:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 7:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 7:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes