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Romans 7:9

What Paul means by "I was alive once without the law" is that, at one time, he without the knowledge of what the law meant. It was "when the commandment came" that he understood. At this point, Paul knew that he was as good as dead because he had broken the law (Romans 6:23).

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Seven)

Related Topics: Death as Wages of Sin | Death Penalty | Law as Spiritual Mirror | Law as Standard of Judgment | Law Defines Sin | Law Illuminating Sin | Sin Produces Death | Sin's Consequences | Sin's Effect | Sin, Consequences of | Sin, Deceitfulness of | Sin, Malignant Power of

Romans 7:9-14

Notice that it was not the law that killed him but sin! Plain, simple truth—sin slew him. By contrast, Paul says that the law was ordained to life. It is holy, just, good, and spiritual. That is very clear.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Nine)

Related Topics: Death as Wages of Sin | Death Penalty | God's Law | Law as Spiritual Mirror | Law as Standard of Judgment | Law Defines Sin | Law Illuminating Sin | Law is Holy | Law is Spiritual | Sin Produces Death | Sin, Consequences of

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Romans 7:9:

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Romans 10:1-3
2 Corinthians 3:6
Galatians 2:19

 

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