Romans 7 - Quote Cards Flashcards
R 7:7
Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”
R 7:5
When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.
R 7:2
For example, when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her.
R 7:6
But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.
R 7:3
So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.
R 7:9
At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,
R 7:1
Now, dear brothers and sisters-you who are familiar with the law-don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living?
R 7:8
But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
R 7:4
So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.
R 7:13
But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.
R 7:10
and I died. So I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead.
R 7:19
I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.
R 7:16
But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.
R 7:14
So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.
R 7:11
Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.
