Commentaries
9
In the flesh (εν τη σαρκ). Same sense as in 6:19 and 7:18,25. The "flesh" is not inherently sinful, but is subject to sin. It is w…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
For when, etc. The illustration in this verse and the following is designed to show more fully the effect of the law, whenever and whereve…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The new covenant should not be unproductive, for the old covenant was not unproductive. Before that mortification of the flesh which proceeds from …
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Sin is the transgression of the law. Therefore, out of the law, by reason of our corruption, springs sin. And, in our past lives, we did i…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Paul now applies this illustration. But the reader is apt to be somewhat disturbed about a measure of inconsistency in the way it is applied.
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
For when we were, etc. He shows still more clearly by stating the contrary effect how unreasonably the zealots of the law acted, …
John Gill
JohnGill
For when we were in the flesh
This respects not their being under the legal dispensation, the Mosaic economy; which …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
As long as anyone continues under the law as a covenant and seeks justification by their own obedience, they continue as a slave to sin in some for…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
After showing that we are set free from sin through the grace of Christ, the Apostle now shows that through the same grace we are freed from slaver…
Loading related resources...
A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson