Romans 7:9

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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 un...
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 ex...
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 f...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

I was alive ] 'I' emphatic 10, Ordained ] RV omits.
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 a...
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 Ap...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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, p...
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...
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 on...
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...
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 i...
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...
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...
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 ri...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. A. D. 58....
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 spi...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died,' This was what had happened to Paul, while he was...
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...
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...
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 immo...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 7:9 The Place of the Law in the Salvation of Sinners. We have here: I. A life which a man enjoys in and of himself before he knows God. "...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is Paul's own account of his inward conflicts. He longed to conquer sin. He wanted to become a free man, and live always a godly and holy life,...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

To whom does the passage refer? To the unregenerate.-- It has been much discussed whether this section describes a justified man, or a man stil...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Purpose of the Law and Its Effect. The object of the Law:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For I was alive without the Law once; but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
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 hus...
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 c...

⁹ For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Related Commentaries of Romans 7:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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