...married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,...newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then 1 Is the law sin1? God forbid. Nay, [ had not known sin, but by the law :...

...the reasonable service of a freely acting man. " We are delivered from the law, being dead to that wherein we were held, that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter." It is the law of Spiritual wisdom, no longer pealing trumpet-tongued amidst the terrors of Sinai, but...

...sinner was under conviction ; and it was true when a man was a Christian. In all circumstances where flesh, the motions * of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit c unto death. the law was applied to the corrupt mind of man, it produced this agitation and conflict....

...said to the Romans, ' But now we are delioered from the law, that being dead (or, being (tead to that) wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.'3 They had formerly been ' held ' by the ' letter,' which they servilely followed ; but now...

...inherently weak. In Romans 7:5, Paul refers to the flesh as the sphere in which the unregenerate live. "When we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which...work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death." Paul there points to the flesh as the state in which the unregenerate man lives, or the state in which...

...by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster" (Galatians 3:24-25). "But now we are delivered from the law, that being...newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law..." (Romans...

...death, has discovered (b) a more thorough way to victory. The failure of the flesh no longer haunts him. "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,...work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death" ( v. 5). This is an argument Paul develops further in verses 7-13. The law has a baneful influence...

..."Christian" women, are attracted to the same types of men. Isn't something wrong with this picture? "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,...work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me;...

...are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God" (Rom 6: 12-13). "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,...work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death" (Rom 7: 5). "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace....

...they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. " John 4:24. "But now we are dellvered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held;...newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. " Romans 7:6. When we submit our wills to Him and He conies into our hearts, He brings obedience to...