Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 7:9
For I was alive without the law once. "Without law". It would be
much better if the translators would omit the article where Paul did
not use it. Paul was alive, that is, was unconscious of condemnation,
once. His conscience did not trouble him. He was like the young Ruler
who said of the commandments: "All these have I kept from my youth up"
(Matthew 19:20 Mr 10:20 Lu 18:21). "As touching the righteousness which
is of the law", he was "blameless" (Philippians 3:6).
But when the commandment came, when he realized that it required
a heart service as well as an outward service, then
sin revived. The dormant sin was brought to light when restraints
came.
I died. Realized that I was a sinner; was convicted of sin. It is
possible that reference is made to some supreme struggle. Perhaps in
the stern persecution of the saints he was struggling for the
righteousness of the law. Perhaps it was when Christ said, "I am Jesus
of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest" (Acts 22:8), that he first
realized that "Christ was the end of the law" (Romans 10:4), and he
died.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 8:34
Romans 7:9
2 Corinthians 3:6
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