Romans 7:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.”
Romans 7:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 7:524 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 7:5
“For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the Law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.” You see then the gain to be got from the former husband! And he does not say when we were in the Law, so in every passage shrinking from giving a handle to heretics; but “when we were in the flesh,” that is, in evil deeds, in a carnal life. What he says then is, not that they were in the flesh before, but now they went about without any…
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