Romans 7:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. ”

Romans 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I - There seems to be no doubt that the apostle here refers to his own past experience. Yet in this he speaks the sentiment of all who are unconverted, and who are depending on their own righ...
Romans 7:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) For I was alive without the (q) law once: but when the commandment (r) came, sin revived, and I (s) died. (5) He sets himself before us as an example, in whom all men may behold, first what they...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

came . App-106. revived . Greek. anazao. Here, Romans 14:9 ; Luke 15:24 ; Luke 15:32 . Revelation 20:5 .
Romans 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. For I was alive, etc. He means to intimate that there had been a time when sin was dead to him or in him. But he is not to be understood as though he had been without law at any time,...
Romans 7:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1853 THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAW Romans 7:9 . I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died . WHEN we behold the extreme supineness of thos...
Romans 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. I was alive without the law once - Dr. Whitby paraphrases the verse thus: - "For the seed of Abraham was...
Romans 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. For I was alive without the law once, х pote ( G4218 )] - 'at one time,' or 'formerly'-q.d.,...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I was alive . — The state of unconscious morality, uninstructed but as yet uncondemned, may, compared with that state of condemnation, be regarded as a state of “life.” Revived. — The English ver...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I was alive without the law once ,.... The apostle says this, not in the person of Adam, as some have thought; who lived indeed, in a state of innocence, a perfectly holy and righteous life, but...
Romans 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Ver. 9. For I was alive ] As being without sense of sin, and conscience of duty. Sin revived ] s...
Romans 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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;...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For I was alive without the law once: q.d. Take me, if you please, for an instance. Before I knew the law aright, and understood the Divine and spiritual meaning of it, or whilst the law stood afar...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

when the commandment The passage ( Romans 7:7-25 ) is autobiographical. Paul's religious experience was in three strongly marked phases: (1) He was a godly Jew under the law. That the passa...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Purpose of the Law and Its Effect. The object of the Law:
Romans 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 2:19 ; Galatians 3:10 ; James 2:10 ; James 2:11 ; Luke 10:25-29 ; Luke 15:29 ; Luke 18:21 ; Luke 18:9-12 ; Mark 7:8-13 ; Matthew 15:4-6 ; Matthew 19:20 ; Matthew 5:21 ; Philipp...
Romans 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And I was once alive without the law — Without the close application of it. I had much life, wisdom, virtue, strength: so I thought. But when the commandment — That is, the law, a part put for the...

Romans 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 7:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 7:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 7:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 7:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 7:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 7:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 7:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 7:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 7:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 7:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes