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.
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Gill's Exposition
For when we were in the flesh,.... This respects not their being under the legal dispensation, the Mosaic economy; which lay greatly in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances,…
Barnes' Notes
For when ... - The illustration in this verse and the following is designed to show more at length the effect of the Law, whenever and whereever applied; whether in a state of nature or of grace. It…
Adam Clarke
For, when we were in the flesh - When we were without the Gospel, in our carnal and unregenerated state, though believing in the law of Moses, and performing the rites and offices of our religion.
The…
Among other arguments used in the foregoing chapter to persuade us against sin, and to holiness, this was one (Rom 7:14), that we are not under the law; and this argument is here further insisted upon…
Cambridge Bible
when we were in the flesh For illustration of this important phrase see especially Rom 8:8-9. St Paul here assumes of Christians (1) that they were once "in the flesh;" (2) that they are so no longer.…
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