📖 Romans — Chapter 7 (KJV)
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Romans 7:1 Know ye not, Rbrethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Romans 7:2 For Rthe woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans 7:3 RSo then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, Rye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 7:5 For when we were Rin the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Romans 7:6 RBut now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans 7:7 RWhat shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, Rwrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans 7:9 RFor I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Romans 7:11 For Rsin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Romans 7:12 Wherefore Rthe law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:13 Was Rthen that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Romans 7:14 For we know that Rthe law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Romans 7:15 RFor that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Romans 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, RI consent unto the law that it is good.
Romans 7:17 Now then Rit is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:18 For I know Rthat in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Romans 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:21 I find then Ra law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Romans 7:22 For RI delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Romans 7:23 But I see Ranother law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Romans 7:24 O Rwretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Romans 7:25 I Rthank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Romans 7:1–6 — A marriage illustration explains a changed relation to the law
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Paul uses the binding of marriage during life to illustrate release through death. Believers are described as dead to the law through Christ’s body and joined to the risen one to bear fruit and serve in newness of spirit.
Key Truth: Let belonging to the risen Christ produce fruitful service.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the ____ ,) how that the law hath dominion over a man …” (Romans 7:1)
Find it in Romans 7:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “____ , my brethren, ye also are become dead to the …” (Romans 7:4)
Find it in Romans 7:4 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… we were held; that we should serve in newness of ____ , and not in the oldness of the letter.” (Romans 7:6)
Find it in Romans 7:6 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Romans 7:7–13 — The good commandment exposes sin’s deceptive work
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Paul denies that the law is sin and describes the commandment making coveting known. Sin takes occasion through the commandment, deceives, and brings death, while the commandment itself remains holy, just, and good.
Key Truth: Do not blame God’s good instruction for sin’s misuse of it.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Wherefore the ____ is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” (Romans 7:12)
Find it in Romans 7:12 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And the ____ , which was ordained to life, I found to be …” (Romans 7:10)
Find it in Romans 7:10 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Was then that which is good made ____ unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear …” (Romans 7:13)
Find it in Romans 7:13 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Romans 7:14–25 — The inward conflict leads to a cry for deliverance
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Paul describes a painful conflict between willing good and doing evil, delight in God’s law and captivity to sin. The cry for deliverance is answered with thanks to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Key Truth: Bring the reality of moral struggle into dependence on Christ rather than denial.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “For I delight in the ____ of God after the inward man:” (Romans 7:22)
Find it in Romans 7:22 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “I find then a law, that, when I ____ do good, evil is present with me.” (Romans 7:21)
Find it in Romans 7:21 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “I ____ God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the …” (Romans 7:25)
Find it in Romans 7:25 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Psalms 119:97 — The psalm’s love for God’s law offers a connection with delight in the inward man.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
Where do you need honest acknowledgment of struggle and renewed dependence on Christ?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Which account best distinguishes Romans 7:1–6 (A marriage illustration explains a changed relation to the law) from the other movements of this chapter?
2. Which account best distinguishes Romans 7:7–13 (The good commandment exposes sin’s deceptive work) from the other movements of this chapter?
3. Which account best distinguishes Romans 7:14–25 (The inward conflict leads to a cry for deliverance) from the other movements of this chapter?
4. What new manner of service follows the described deliverance?
5. What need does Paul's cry express?
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