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I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
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Victory is in Christ Alone
In response to the desperate cry for rescue in the previous verse, Paul's immediate answer is not a method, but a person: Jesus Christ. Commentators emphasize that this is a triumphant shout of thanksgiving. Deliverance from the internal war with sin is not achieved by willpower or law-keeping, but is a gift received entirely through Jesus, establishing the gospel's superiority over any human effort.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I thank God. That is, I thank God for effecting a deliverance for which I myself am incompetent. There is a way of rescue, and I trace it …
I thank God (χαρις τω θεω). "Thanks to God." Note of victory over death through Jesus Christ our Lord."
So then I m…
19th Century
Anglican
It has been released. It is Jesus our Lord to whom the thanks and praise are due. Though without His intervention there can only be a divi…
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Baptist
But with the flesh the law of sin. (Romans 7:25)
With the flesh—this old, worthless stuff that must die and be buried, …
Paul now summarizes what has gone before. “So I find this law at work.” So far, “law” (GK 3795) meant the law of Moses, but here it has a specializ…
16th Century
Protestant
I thank God; etc. He then immediately added this thanksgiving, so that no one would think that in his complaint he rebelliously grumbled a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord There is a different reading of this passage; some copies read, and so the Vul…
This passage does not represent the apostle as one who walked according to the flesh, but as one who was deeply committed not to walk in that way. …
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the law is good because it is consistent with reason, the Apostle now draws two conclusions based on the two things he…
