Finding occasion (αφορμην λαβουσα). See 2 Corinthians 5:12; 11:12; Galatians 5:13 for αφορμην, a starting p…

But sin. To illustrate the effect of the law on the mind, the apostle in this verse depicts its influence in exciting evil desire…

Taking occasion.—The word in the G_reek originally implies a military metaphor: taking as a “base of operations,” i.e., a…

Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by …

In the background is the Genesis story of the temptation and the Fall. Eve was faced with a commandment—a prohibition. When desire was stirred thro…

But an occasion being taken, etc. From sin, then, and the corruption of the flesh, every evil proceeds; the law is only the occas…

But sin taking occasion by the commandment
By "the commandment" is meant, either the whole moral law, or that partic…

There is no way of coming to that knowledge of sin, which is necessary for repentance and therefore for peace and pardon, except by testing our hea…

1. After showing that through Christ’s grace we are freed from the slavery of the law, and that this liberation is useful, the Apostle now a…