Romans 7

carnal

Cf. 1 Corinthians 3:1 1 Corinthians 3:4 . "Carnal" = "fleshly" is Paul's word for the Adamic nature, and for the believer who "walks," i.e. lives, under the power of it. "Natural" is his characteristic word for the unrenewed man 1 Corinthians 2:14 as "spiritual" designates the renewed man who walks in the Spirit ; 1 Corinthians 3:1 ; Galatians 6:1 .

sin Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 5:21") .

I do I allow not

The apostle personifies the strife of the two natures in the believer, the old or Adamic nature, and the divine nature received through the new birth 1 Peter 1:23 ; 2 Peter 1:4 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Colossians 1:27 . The "I" which is Saul of Tarsus, and the "I" which is Paul the apostle are at strife, and "Paul" is in defeat. In Chapter 8, this strife is effectually taken up on the believer's behalf by the Holy Spirit ; Romans 8:2 ; Galatians 5:16 Galatians 5:17 and Paul is victorious.

Contra, Ephesians 6:12 where the conflict is not fleshly, but spiritual.

sin

Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 5:21") .

sin Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 5:21") .

law

Six "laws" are to be distinguished in Romans: The law of Moses, which condemns Romans 3:19 "law" as a principle Romans 3:21 the law of faith, which excludes self-righteousness Romans 3:27 the law of sin in the members, which is victorious over the law of the mind Romans 7:21 Romans 7:23 Romans 7:25 the law of the mind, which consents to the law of Moses but cannot do it because of the law of sin in the members Romans 7:16 Romans 7:23 and the "law of the Spirit," having power to deliver the believer from the law of sin which is in his members, and his conscience from condemnation by the Mosaic law. Moreover the Spirit works in the yielded believer the very righteousness which Moses' law requires Romans 8:2 Romans 8:4 .

sin

Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 5:21") .

from the body

Or, out of this body of death. Romans 8:11 ; 1 Corinthians 15:51 1 Corinthians 15:52 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 .

sin

Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 5:21") .