I find then a law, when I desire to do what is right, that evil is present with me. Truth to Learn There is a “law of sin” that can control our actions. Behind the Words The word translated “a law” is the Greek word nomos, which means “something...
Romans 7:12 – The Holy Law
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good. Truth to Learn The Law and its commandments are holy, but we are sinful. Behind the Words “Law” is translated from the Greek word nomos, which we saw in the last chapter is the...
Romans 6:14 – Freed by Grace
For sin shall not have lordship over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Truth to Learn Christians do not have sin ruling over them. Behind the Words The phrase “shall not have lordship over” is the translation of the Greek word kurieuō, which we looked...
Romans 3:27 – No Bragging Rights
Then where is the boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? Of works? No, but through a law of faith. Truth to Learn Salvation through faith in the blood of Christ is nothing to brag about. Behind the Words “Boasting” is from kauchēsis, which refers to the...
James 4:11 – Evil Judging
Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one speaking against a brother and judging his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. Truth to Learn Being judgmental could make you...
James 2:8 – Love Others
If indeed you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; Truth to Learn The greatest thing we can do for others is to love them like we love ourselves. Behind the Words “Fulfill” is the word teleō, which means...
Romans 10:4 – Condemned or Forgiven?
Romans 10:4 - Condemned or Forgiven? For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Truth to Learn Christ completely fulfilled the righteous requirements of the Law. We achieve His righteousness by faith in His blood. Behind the Words The word translated “end” is the...
Romans 9:32 – Seeking God’s Favor?
Romans 9:32 - Seeking God's Favor? Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. Truth to Learn Works don’t produce God’s favor, only faith can do that. Behind the Words “Stumbled” is...
Romans 9:4 – New Old Truths
Romans 9:4 - New Old Truths who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; Truth to Learn We can learn a lot about our faith from the Old Testament. Behind the Words The word...
Romans 8:3 – Righteous Through Him
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, Truth to Learn Jesus Christ perfectly kept the law, thus...
Romans 8:2 – His Faithful Spirit
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Truth to Learn The Holy Spirit is continually working in Christians. Behind the Words This verse starts with “For,” a translation of the Greek article gar,...
Romans 7:25 – He is Lord!
Romans 7:25 I thank 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. Truth to Learn Submitting to the lordship of Jesus Christ is the only way to win the battle against our sin...
Romans 7:23 – Captured, Then Confessed
Romans 7:23 But I see another 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. Truth to Learn Because of the battle within us, we become captured by our sin nature, but confession...
Romans 7:22 – God’s Delightful Law
Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. Truth to Learn For Christians, obeying God’s law is delightful, not onerous. Behind the Words The word translated here as “I delight in” is sunēdomai, which only occurs in this one place in the New...
Romans 7:21 – The “Badness” Law
Romans 7:21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. Truth to Learn There is a “law of sin” that can control our actions. Behind the Words The word translated “a law” is the Greek word nomos, which means “something...
Romans 7:16 – Encouragement in Defeat
Romans 7:16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. Truth to Learn Our battle against our sin nature is evidence that we are saved. Behind the Words There are two Greek words translated “will” or “willing.” They are...
Romans 7:14 – Flesh Versus Spirit
Romans 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. Truth to Learn There is a constant battle between our flesh and our spirit. Behind the Words The word translated “spiritual” is the Greek word pneumatikos, which means “that which pertains to the...
Romans 7:13 – Sinfulness Revealed
Romans 7:13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. Truth to Learn The Law reveals our sinfulness to the fullest...
Romans 7:12 – The Holy Law
Romans 7:12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Truth to Learn The Law and its commandments are holy, but we are sinful. Behind the Words “Law” is translated from the Greek word nomos, which we saw in the last chapter is the noun...
Romans 7:9 – Understanding Produces Guilt
Romans 7:9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. Truth to Learn Without an understanding of what sin is, we feel innocent of it, but when we understand what it is, we realize our guilt. Behind the Words The word...
Romans 7:8 – A Sinful Product
Romans 7:8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead. Truth to Learn The Law does not prevent sin, it produces sin. Behind the Words The Greek word translated “taking opportunity” is aphormē, which means...
Romans 7:7 – The Revealing Law
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." Truth to Learn The Law reveals our sinfulness...
Romans 7:6 – Free to Serve
Romans 7:6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. Truth to Learn We are free to serve God through the power...
Romans 7:2 – To Obey or Not
Romans 7:2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. Truth to Learn Salvation releases us from the requirements of the Law. Behind the...
Romans 7:1 – Our Savior, Our Husband
Romans 7:1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? Truth to Learn Christians are in a marriage relationship with Jesus Christ. Behind the Words The word translated “brethren” is...
Romans 6:15 – Grateful Willing Restraint
Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Truth to Learn Just because our sins are all forgiven doesn’t mean we should let our sin nature run wild. Behind the Words The expression “What then?” is from two Greek words,...
Romans 6:14 – Freed by Grace
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Truth to Learn Christians do not have sin ruling over them. Behind the Words The phrase “shall not have dominion over” is the translation of the Greek word kurieuō, which we...
Romans 5:20 – More Than Plenty
Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, Truth to Learn God’s grace easily covers the glaring presence of our sin. Behind the Words The word translated “entered” is the Greek word pareiserchomai. This is a double compound word...
Romans 5:13 – Sinless Without Law?
Romans 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Truth to Learn We don’t have to break the Law of Moses to be sinners. Behind the Words “World” is from the Greek word kosmos, which is probably derived...
Romans 4:16 – Foundational Promises
Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of...
Romans 4:15 – Legal Wrath
Romans 4:15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression. Truth to Learn Trying to keep the law causes God’s wrath against us. Behind the Words The words “brings about” are from the verb katergadzomai, which is a compound word made up...