Verses 14-25: The remainder of this chapter has been the subject of no small degree of controversy. The question has been whether it describes the …

For we know.—There is no need to argue the question. We Christians all know that the Law is spiritual. It is divinely giv…

But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we…

At the outset Paul wants it understood that he is not depreciating the law, for it is “spiritual” (GK 4461)—that is, emanating from God (vv.22, 25)…

For we know that the law, etc. He now begins more closely to compare the law with what man is, so that it may be more clearly und…

For we know that the law is spiritual
We who have a spiritual understanding of the law, who have been led into the t…

Compared with the holy rule of conduct in the law of God, the apostle found himself so very far short of perfection that he seemed to be carnal, li…

1. After showing that the law is neither evil nor the cause of an evil effect, the Apostle now proves that the law is good.

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