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Romans 7:12-14
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Romans 7:12-14
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
So The Law Is Good
12 So-then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Not That The Law Killed Me. Sin Is To Blame For My Death
13 Therefore did the good thing become death[a] for me? May it never be! On the contrary, it was sin, in order that it might become-visible as sin while producing death in me through the good thing, in order that sin might become extremely[b] sinful through the commandment.
I Agree The Law Is Good, But The Sin In Me Produces Behavior I Hate
14 For[c] we know that the Law is spiritual. But I am made-of-flesh[d], having been sold under sin.
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- Romans 7:13 If the Law resulted in death, v 5, 10, is God’s Law responsible for my death?
- Romans 7:13 Or, supremely, utterly.
- Romans 7:14 The purpose of v14-25 is to prove that sin is responsible for death, not the Law. Paul uses himself as an example, and scholars debate whether he has in view his experience as a Pharisee or a Christian (each view giving a different sense to ‘Law’ and ‘death’). What Paul says in these verses is true of anyone trying to live under law.
- Romans 7:14 That is, carnal, fleshly; or, human, of Adam’s race.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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