Romans 7
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Fragment c to h containing parts of the Epistle to the Romans in Papyrus 40, written about AD 250. | |
| Book | Epistle to the Romans |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 6 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
Romans 7 is the seventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul of Tarsus, but written by an amanuensis, Tertius, while Paul was in Corinth, in winter of AD 57-58.[1] Paul wrote to the Roman Christians in order to give them a substantial resume of his theology.[2]
Text
- The original text is written in Koine Greek.
- Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; complete)
- This chapter is divided into 25 verses.
Structure
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
- Romans 7:1-6 = Freed from the Law
- Romans 7:7-12 = Sin’s Advantage in the Law
- Romans 7:13-25 = Law Cannot Save from Sin
Cross references
Verse 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.[3]
Verse 3
- So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.[4]
Verse 4
- Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.[5]
Verse 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.[6]
See also
- Ten Commandments
- Torah
- Other related Bible parts: Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5
References
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ Romans 7:2
- ↑ Romans 7:3
- ↑ Romans 7:4
- ↑ Romans 7:25
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