“ O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the bodyd of this death? ”
O wretched man that I am! - The feeling implied by this lamentation is the result of this painful conflict; and this frequent subjection to sinful propensities. The effect of this conflict is,...
(14) O (d) wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (14) It is a miserable thing to be yet in part subject to sin, which of its own nature makes us guilty of death:...
O . Omit. This exclamation is an instance of Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6. wretched . Greek. talaiporos. Only here and Revelation 3:17 . Compare talaiporia, misery, Romans 3:16 ; Ja...
24. Miserable, etc. He closes his argument with a vehement exclamation, by which he teaches us that we are not only to struggle with our flesh, but also with continual groaning to bewail w...
DISCOURSE: 1855 PAUL’S SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS Romans 7:24-25 . O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord . THE Epistle t...
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? O wretched man that I am, etc. - This affecting account is finished more impressively by the groans of the wounded captive....
Who shall deliver me? &c.— It has been thought by some, that in this phrase there is an allusion to a cruelty, which is said to have been practised by some tyrants, on miserable captives who fe...
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? The apostle speaks of the "body" here w...
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...
(14-25) Further and detailed proof why it was that though the Law appealed to all that was best in man, still he could not obey it.
Chapter 16 THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE Romans 7:7-25 THE Apostle has led us a long way in his great argument; through sin, propitiation, faith, union, surrender, to that wond...
the Conflict Within Romans 7:14-25 The Apostle gives a further statement of his personal experience of the inability of the soul to realize the divine ideal which has been revealed to it as the...
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...
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. (15) For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. (16) If then I do that which...
RESTORATION OF FALLEN HUMANITY ‘I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I...
O wretched man that I am ,.... Not as considered in Christ, for as such he was a most happy man, being blessed with all spiritual blessings, and secure from all condemnation and wrath; nor with resp...
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Ver. 24. O wretched man ] We must discontentedly be contented to be exercised with sin while we are here. It is so bred...
But I see another law Another commanding, constraining power of evil inclinations and fleshly appetites, whose influence is so strong and constant, that it may be fitly called another law; in my m...
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...
Conflict between Grace and Corruption. A. D. 58. 14b -- But I am carnal, sold under sin. 1...
O wretched man that I am! The word signifies one wearied out with continual combats. Who shall deliver me? It is not the voice of one desponding or doubting, but of one breathing and panting afte...
Deliverance Is At Hand (7:24-8:2). ‘Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?' The thought that he has not wholly and continually been able to overcome sin caused...
CRITICAL NOTES Romans 7:14 .—Rabbins: “The law, because of its spirituality, will dwell only in the soul that is free from dross.” Romans 7:15 .—I am blinded, I am hurried along and tripped up,...
from the body Or, out of this body of death. ( Romans 8:11 ); ( 1 Corinthians 15:51 ); ( 1 Corinthians 15:52 ); ( 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ).
Romans 7:14-25 Dualism in the Life. I. This is the earliest place in this Epistle where the two terms "flesh and spirit" occur in clear contrast, with the peculiar ethical sense conferred upon th...
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...
To whom does the passage refer? To the unregenerate.-- It has been much discussed whether this section describes a justified man, or a man still unforgiven. The latter view was held by Origen a...
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 difficulty of the struggle and the plea for deliverance:
1 Kings 8:38 ; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 ; 2 Timothy 4:18 ; Colossians 2:11 ; Deuteronomy 22:26 ; Deuteronomy 22:27 ; Ezekiel 9:4 ; Hebrews 2:15 ; Luke 4:18 ; Micah 7:19...
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...
Wretched man that I am — The struggle is now come to the height; and the man, finding there is no help in himself, begins almost unawares to pray, Who shall deliver me? He then seeks and looks for...