Pastors Jim and Marie Watt
(From: ROMANS #9 - 7:1-8:11)
D. 7:1-8:11 - LAW OF MOSES CONTRASTED WITH LAW OF SPIRIT
1. 7:1-6 BODY OF CHRIST GIVES FREEDOM FROM LAW
a. 7:1 LAW RULES WHILE ONE IS ALIVE
Eag-noEIte, a-delPHOI (giNOSkou-sin gar NOmon laLO), HOti ho NOmos [3551]
Or are you ignorant, brethren (for I speak to those who know law), that the law
ku-riEUei [2961]tou anTHROpou eph' HOson CHROnon [5550]ze?
lords itover the man so long a time as he lives?
b. 7:2 LAW OF HUSBAND CEASES FOR WIFE WHEN HE DIES
hegar HUpan-dros [5220]guNEtoZONti anDRI DEde-tai [1210]NOmo;
For the woman under a husband is bound by law to the living husband;
eAN de a-poTHAne[599]ho aNER, kaTERge-tai [2673]aPO tou NOmou tou anDROS.
but if the husband should die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
c. 7:3 LAW CAUSES ADULTERY WHILE HUSBAND YET ALIVE
Ara oun, ZONtos tou anDROS, moi-chaLIS [3428]chre-maTIsei [5537], eAN GEne-tai anDRI heTEro:
So then if, while the husband lives, she become another man's, she shall be called an adulteress:
eAN de a-poTHAneho aNER, e-leuTHEra [1658]esTIN aPO tou NOmou,
but if the husband die, she is free from the law,
tou meEInai auTEN moi-chaLIda, ge-noMEnen anDRI heTEro.
so thatshe is no adulteress, though she be joinedto another man.
d. 7:4 LAW DIES FOR US WITH CHRIST'S DEATH!
HOSte, a-delPHOI mou, kai huMEIS e-tha-naTOthete [2289]toNOmodiA tou SOma-tos tou ChrisTOU;
So that, my brethren, you also were made dead to the law through the body of :Christ;
eis to geNESthai huMAS heTEro, toek neKRON e-gerTHENti,
that you should become another's, his who was raised from thedead,
HIna kar-po-phoREso-men [2592]toTheO.
that we might bear fruit unto :God.
e. 7:5 LAW CAUSES PASSION OF SIN IN FLESH
HOte gar HEmen en tesarKI [4561], ta paTHEma-ta [3804]ton ha-mar-tiON (ta diA tou NOmou)
For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins (those through the law)
e-nerGEIto en tois MEle-sin [3196]eis to kar-po-phoREsai tothaNAto.
wrought in our :members to bear fruit unto :death.
f. 7:6 LAW AND OLDNESS OF LETTER - CEASES WITH NEWNESS OF SPIRIT
nuNI de ka-terGEthe-men [2673]aPO tou NOmou, a-po-thaNONtes en hoka-teiCHOme-tha [2722];
But now we have been discharged from the law, having died wherein we were held;
HOSte douLEUein [1398]heMAS en kaiNOte-ti [2538]PNEUma-tos, kai ou pa-laiOte-ti [3821]GRAMma-tos.
so that we are bondmen in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.
2. 7:7-12 A PURPOSE OF LAW: TO REVEAL SIN
a. 7:7a What shall we say then? Ti oun eROUmen?
b. 7:7b Isthe law sin? ho NOmos ha-marTIa?
c. 7:7c Be it not so. meGEnoi-to.
d. 7:7d-8 THE LAW: MAKES US AWARE OF OUR INWARD SIN
alLA ten ha-marTIan ouk EGnon, ei mediA NOmou:
But neither had I known :sin, except through law:
ten te gar e-pi-thuMIan [1939]ouk Edein, ei meho NOmos Ele-gen, Ouk e-pi-thuMEseis [1937]:
for I had not known :lust, except the law had said, You shall not lust:
a-phorMEN de laBOUsa heha-marTIa diA tes en-toLES [1785]
8but :sin, taking occasion through the commandment
ka-teirGAsa-to [2716]en eMOI PAsan e-pi-thuMIan: choRIS gar NOmou ha-marTIa neKRA.
worked in me every lust: for apart from law sin isdead.
e. 7:9-11 APART FROM LAW, WE LIVE UNCONDEMNED
eGOde Ezon choRIS NOmou poTE:
And I was alive apart from law once:
elTHOUses de tes en-toLES, he ha-marTIa aNEze-sen [326], eGO de aPEtha-non;
but when the commandment came, :sin revived, and I died;
kai heuREthe moi he en-toLE, he eis zo-EN,
10 and the commandment, which wasunto life,
HAUteeis THAna-ton: hegar ha-marTIa, a-phorMEN [874],
this I found unto death: 11for :sin, taking occasion,
diA tes en-toLES e-xePAteSEN [1818] me, kai di' auTES aPEK-tei-nen.
through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.
f. 7:12 So that the law isholy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
HOSte ho men NOmos HAgi-os [40], kai he en-toLE haGIa, kai diKAIa, kai a-gaTHE.
3. 7:13-25 TWO CONFLICTING LAWS: MIND AND FLESH
a. 7:13a Did then the good become death unto me?
To oun a-gaTHON eMOI eGEne-to THAna-tos?
b. 7:13b Be it not so. me GEnoi-to.
c. 7:13c THE COMMANDMENT WORKS DEATH
alLA he ha-marTIa, HIna phaNE ha-marTIa, diA tou a-gaTHOU moi ka-ter-ga-zoMEne [2716] THAna-ton;-
But :sin, that it appear sin, by working death unto me through the good;-
HIna GEne tai kath' hu-per-boLEN [5236] ha-mar-toLOS he ha-marTIa diA tes en-toLES.
that through the commandment :sin might become exceeding sinful.
d. 7:14 CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LAW AND CARNAL SELF
OIda-men gar HOti ho NOmos pneu-ma-tiKOS [4152] es-tin:
For we know that the law is spiritual:
eGO de SARkiNOS [4559] ei-mi, pe-praMEnos [4097] huPO ten ha-marTIan.
but I am carnal, sold under :sin.
e. 7:15 A TWO-FOLD STATE OF SLAVERY
ho gar ka-terGAzo-mai [2716] ou giNOsko: ou gar ho THElo,
For what I work I know not: for not what I would,
TOUto PRASso [4238]; all' ho miSO [3404], TOUto poiO.
that I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
f. 7:16 But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.
ei de ho ou THElo, TOUto poiO, SUNphe-mi [4852] to NOmo HOti kaLOS.
g. 7:17 And now it is no more I thatwork it, but :sin which dwells in me.
NuNI de ouKEti eGO ka-terGAzo-mai auTO, alLA he e-noiKOUsa [3611] en eMOI ha-marTIa.
h. 7:18 THE BANKRUPTCY OF FLESH
OIda gar HOti ouk oiKEI en eMOI, tout' EStin, en te sarKI mou, a-gaTHON:
For I know that in me, that is, in my :flesh, dwells no good:
to gar THElein paRAkeiTAI [3873] moi, to de ka-terGAzes-thai [2716] to kaLON, ou.
for to will is present with me, but to work the good, no.
i. 7:19 For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not,- this I practise.
ou gar ho THElo poiO a-gaTHON: alLA ho ou THElo kaKON,- TOUto PRASso.
j. 7:20 POWERLESSNESS OF SIN PROVES THE LAW OF SIN
ei de ho ou THElo, TOUto poiO,
But if what I would not, that I do,
ouKEti eGO ka-terGAzo-mai auTO, alLA he oiKOUsa [3611] en eMOI ha-marTIa.
it is no more I thatwork it, but :sin which dwells in me.
k. 7:21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do the good, to me the evil is present.
HeuRISko[2147]Ara ton NOmon, toTHElon-ti eMOI poiEIN to kaLON, HOti eMOI to kaKON paRAkei-tai.
l. 7:22-23 TWO CONFLICTING LAWS
suNEdo-mai [4913]gar toNOmotou TheOU kaTA ton EsoANthro-pon:
For I delight in the law of :God after the inward man:
BLEpode HEte-ron NOmon en tois me-leSIN [3196]mou,
23but I see a different law in my :members,
an-ti-stra-teuOme-non [497]toNOmotou noOS mou, kai aich-ma-loTIzonTA [163]me
warring against the law of my :mind, and bringing me into captivity
en toNOmotes ha-marTIas toONti en tois MEleSIN mou.
in the law of :sin which is in my :members.
m. 7:24 Wretched man thatI am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this :death?
taLAIpo-ros [5005]eGOANthro-pos! TIS me 'RUse-tai [4506]ek tou SOma-tos tou thaNAtou TOUtou?
n. 7:25a But thanksto :God through Jesus Christ our :Lord.
CHAris de toTheOdiA IeSOU ChrisTOU tou KuRIou heMON.
o. 7:25b So then I myself with the mind, indeed, serve God's law; but with theflesh sin's law.
Ara oun auTOS eGOtomen noI, douLEUo[1398]NOmoTheOU; tede sarKI NOmoha-marTIas.
4. 8:1-11 CHRIST REMOVES ALL CONDEMNATION THROUGH THE SPIRIT
a. 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.
OuDEN Ara nun kaTAkri-ma [2631]tois en ChisTOIeSOU.
b. 8:2 LAW OF THE SPIRIT
ho gar NOmos tou PNEUma-tos tes zo-ES en ChrisTOIeSOU
For the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus
e-leuTHEroSEN [1659]se aPO tou NOmou tes ha-marTIas kai tou thaNAtou.
hasfreed you from the law of :sin and of :death.
c. 8:3-4 WALK OF THE SPIRIT
to gar aDUna-ton [102]tou NOmou, en hoesTHEnei [770]diA tes sarKOS,
For what the law could not do, wherein it was weak through the flesh,
ho TheOS, ton he-auTOU huiON PEMpsas en ho-moiOma-ti [3667]sarKOS ha-marTIas
:God, sending his own :Son in likeness of flesh of sin
kai peRI ha-marTIas, kaTEkri-ne [2632]ten ha-marTIan en teSARki:
and for sin, condemned :sin in the flesh:
HIna to di-KAIo-ma [1345]tou NOmou ple-roTHE[4137]en huMIN,
4that the ordinance of the law be fulfilled in us,
tois mekaTA SARka pe-ri-paTOUsin, alLA kaTA PNEUma.
who walk not after theflesh, but after theSpirit.
d. 8:5 CHARACTERISTIC OF PEOPLE OF THE SPIRIT
hoi gar kaTA SARka ONtes ta tes sarKOS phroNOUsin [5426];
For they that after theflesh mind the things of the flesh;
hoi de kaTA PNEUma, ta tou PNEUma-tos.
but they that areafter theSpirit, those of the Spirit.
e. 8:6-8 THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT
to gar PHROne-ma [5427]tes sarKOS THAna-tos; to de PHROne-ma tou PNEUma-tos zo-Ekai eiREne:
For the mind of theflesh isdeath; but the mind of the Spirit islife and peace:
di' HOti to PHROne-ma tes sarKOS ECHthra [2189]eis TheON;
7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity unto :God;
togar NOmotou TheOU ouch hu-poTASse-tai [5293], ouDE gar DUna-tai:
for it is not subject to the law of :God, neither indeed can it be:
hoi de en sarKI ONtes TheOaREsai [700]ou DUnan-tai.
8and they that are in theflesh cannot please God.
f. 8:9a But YOU are not in theflesh but in theSpirit, if so be thatGod's Spirit dwells in you.
HuMEIS de ouk esTE en sarKI alLA en PNEUma-ti, EIper PNEUma TheOU oiKEI en huMIN.
g. 8:9b But if any has not Christ's Spirit he is none of his.
ei de tis PNEUma ChrisTOU ouk Echei HOUtos ouk EStin auTOU.
h. 8:10 RIGHTEOUSNESS RELEASES LIFE FROM OUR SPIRIT
ei de ChrisTOS en huMIN, to men SOma neKRON diA ha-marTIan;
And if Christ isin you, the body is indeed dead because of sin;
to de PNEUma zo-E[2222]diA di-kai-oSUnen.
but the spirit islife because of righteousness.
i. 8:11 RESURRECTION THROUGH THE SPIRIT
ei de to PNEUma tou eGEIran-tos [1453]ton IeSOUN
But if the Spirit of him that raised :Jesus
ek neKRON oiKEI [3611]en huMIN, ho eGEIras ek neKRON
from thedead dwells in you, who raised Christ Jesus
ChrisTON IeSOUN zo-o-poiEsei [2227]kai ta thneTA SOma-ta huMON
from thedead shall make alive also your mortal :bodies
diA tou e-noiKOUNtos [1774] auTOU PNEUma-tos en huMIN.
through his :Spirit that dwells in you.
NOTE: This passage of Romans has perhaps more divergent interpretations than any other part of this letter of Paul's. However, to read it in context with the Bible Numeric paragraphing and section structure presented by Dr. Ivan Panin helps greatly. Romans 1-4 points out the absolute necessity of “Repentance” and “Faith” before approaching chapters 5-8. Chapter 5 lays the foundation of “Redemption” based on the “Finished Work” of Christ. Chapter 6 points out our need of “identification” with Christ in His death and burial. But what is Paul's problem in Romans 7? It is that the fullness of the “Peter Package” in Acts 2:38 has not yetbeen realized.
The Jewish people of Peter's day asked him how to be saved in the light of their discovery that they had agreed with their leaders in having Jesus, the Son of God, crucified. And here Peter gives 2 conditions and one promise.
Seekers after Salvation mustmeet the two conditions of “repentance” and “baptism;” and then press on to receive the “gift” (do-reA) of the Holy Spirit. 3000 accepted Peter's challenge of all 3 parts of this package on the Day of Pentecost.
It is this “gift” that is laid out in Romans 8.The “Indwelling Spirit of Christ” is the secret of victory. Too many stop at meeting the first 2 conditions, but fail to press into the promise that George Muller, Rees Howells, Oswald Chambers and Paul experienced. It is the gift, the do-reA, that brings us out of the slough of despond of Romans 7, and places us into “identification” with Christ in His Resurrection! To stop at Romans 5 and 6 is to stay in a frustration of life that falls far shortof the design of God on our behalf.
To have this experience requires identification with Jesus' death through “baptism” in Romans 6.
It is my faith to believe that the “Greek Interlinear Bible Numeric Outlined New Testament” prepared by Ivan Panin 100 years ago, will be God's aid in these last days to usher believers into full spiritual marriage with Jesus. Spiritual marriage is notconsummated till Romans 8 has been received and experienced. Then, in the words of Peter Marshall, former Chaplain of the US Senate, we can enter the “Halls of Highest Human Happiness!”
John Bunyan in Pilgrim's Progress thoroughly understood this. The Apostle Paul clearly enunciates it! Come then, let none of us fail to get out of Romans 7 and into Romans 8! J.A.W.