That the law could not do (το αδυνατον του νομου). Literally, "the impossibility of the law" as shown in 7:7-24, either nominative…

For what the law could not do. This refers to the law of God, the moral law.

It could not free from sin and condemnation. The apost…

How was I freed? It was in this way. Precisely at the very point where the law of Moses showed its powerlessness—namely, in its attempt to eliminat…

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it wa…

But how was this freedom gained (v.3)? The opening statement about the powerlessness of the law because of the weakness of the sinful nature to whi…

For what was impossible for the law, and so on. Now follows the refinement or embellishment of his proof that the Lord has by his…

For what the law could not do

Believers may be chastened by the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. …

1. After showing that we are freed from sin and the law through Christ’s grace, the Apostle now shows that through the same grace we are fre…