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The Paradox of Prohibition
Scholars explain that this verse reveals a paradoxical truth about our fallen nature: prohibiting something can make it more desirable. Sin, personified as a rebellious force, uses God's good law as a 'springboard' or 'base of operations' to stir up forbidden desires. As one commentator notes, a 'Don't pick the flowers' sign can tempt someone to do what they hadn't considered. This shows how our hearts can twist good into an occasion for evil.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 7:8
18th Century
Theologian
But sin. To illustrate the effect of the law on the mind, the apostle in this verse depicts its influence in exciting evil desire…
AT Robertson
On Romans 7:8
Finding occasion (αφορμην λαβουσα). See 2 Corinthians 5:12; 11:12; Galatians 5:13 for αφορμην, a starting p…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 7:8
19th Century
Bishop
Taking occasion.—The word in the G_reek originally implies a military metaphor: taking as a “base of operations,” i.e., a…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 7:7–8
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 7:8
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…
John Calvin
On Romans 7:8
16th Century
Theologian
But an occasion being taken, etc. From sin, then, and the corruption of the flesh, every evil proceeds; the law is only the occas…
John Gill
On Romans 7:8
17th Century
Pastor
But sin taking occasion by the commandment
By "the commandment" is meant, either the whole moral law, or that partic…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 7:7–13
17th Century
Minister
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…