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Romans 7:14 — King James Version← Study notes

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.


Romans 7:14Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 7:1415 words
GreekMeaning
ΟἴδαμενOidamen
We knowverbG6063
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ho
thearticleG3588
νόμοςnomos
LawnounG3551
πνευματικόςpneumatikos
spiritualadjectiveG4152
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
σάρκινόςsarkinos
fleshlyadjectiveG4560
εἰμιeimi
amverbG1510
πεπραμένοςpepramenos
soldverbG4097
ὑπὸhypo
underprepositionG5259
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἁμαρτίανhamartian
sinnounG266
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 7:14

After having said that great evils had taken place, and that sin, taking occasion by the commandment, had grown stronger, and the opposite of what the Law mainly aimed at had been the result, and after having thrown the hearer into a great deal of perplexity, he goes on next to give the rationale of these events, after first clearing the Law of any ill suspicion. For lest — upon hearing that it was through the commandment that sin took that occasion, and that it was when it…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 13 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The light of the world - Romans 7
His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, ...
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