The Pulpit Commentary — Romans — Section 193

roferenoe to law which follows. Tho word certainly u In the English Versirm; not o-ap,c1vbr (which, rather than rrap,c1,cbs, ie the thi, body of d,,,ath, 68 if it meant thi, mr,rf11! beet-eupportecl re11cling) may be uee<l to ex- bod1f) Thanks be to God through Jema proe.• merely our present consli tution-our Christ our Lord. Bo thm with the mind I being of flesh-so aa to account for our in- myself serve the Law of God • but with the ability, mther than our being fleslily, or flesh the le.w of sin. In the nr,te intro- carnally minded, o.e trap1e11ebr would imply. ducing t!Jis whole section (verij. 7-25) itil I? two other p11ee11gee (1 Cor. iii. I 1.md Heh. general drift he.e been intimat;P,d. The vii. 16) authority ie u.leo in fovour of rrap· following additional comments may further ,cwbs inetee.d of rrap1t11ebs as in the Textus Re- explain the part of it which be!!'ins at ver. ooptue. Tholuck, however, cloubte whether 15. (1) 'fhe initial 'YI¥ introdu~ pr'lOf of there was, in common usage, u. distinction the l-y?,, being in the condition spoken of in between the me11ning of the two forms. The the preceding clause, viz." sold nuder sin." word 1rnrpap.lvos is signifloant. It denotes, For (the meaning is) am I not a bond-slave, not our having been originally ele.ves(11ernm), when, as I feel is the case with me, I am but our having been sold into ale.very (capti). not my own master? But, observe, the state Slavery to sin is not the rightful condition that goes on to be described is that of an of our nature. We are e.e the Iara.elites in unwilling bond-slave; not of one who likes Egypt, or e.e the captives in Babylon who his bondage, and has no desire to be free. remembered Zion. Hence the possibility of The conscience is supposed already, through deliveranoo, if we feel the burden of our the operation of law, to protest a.,,cra.inst Bin; slavery and long to be free, when the De- to he.te its thraldom; not willingly to liverer comes. acquiesce in it. (2) The distinction be- Vers.15-25.-Forthat which I do (rather, tween the verbs ,ro.,;",, ..-p&rrrro,, 1ta-r,p-yd.(oµa,, work, or perform, or accomplish, 1taTEp-yd.- not observed in the English Venion, but (op.a1) I know not (rather than I allow 11ot, to which attention he.s been drawn in the u.e in the English Version, this being the above translation, has its meaning. Atten- proper meaning of the verb -y1vtfur1<0,. The tion to the plu.ces where they occur will idea may be that, when under the delusion show their appropriateness in each case, of sin I do wrong, I do not know what I am denoting eevere.lly Bingle acts, habitual accomplishing) : for not what I would, that practice, and general working, performance, I do (rather, practue; the verb here is or accomplishment. (3) The English Ver- 1rpd.rrrro,); but whe.t I hate, that I do (1ro,,i,). sion is wrong in rendering, in ver. 15," What But if what I would not that I do, I consent I would, that I do not," so as to make the unto the Law that it is good (1taAos). Now idea the so.me as the.tin ver. 19. There e.re then (vuvl ~~. not in temporal sense, but really two different statements in the two meaning, as the oase ia) it is no more I that verses-the first, of our doing what we wish work (1taTEp-yd.(op.a,, as before) it, but sin not to do; the second, of our not doing what that dwelleth in me. For I know that in we wish to do ; and after each the same me (that is, in m:, 1lesh,) dwelleth not good concllll!i.ou is drawn in the same wordi!, vis.. ( &,y..eov) : for to will is present with me ; the.t sin is the real worker ( 1C11T£p-yd.(oµ.a.,. but to perform (Ka-r,p-yd.(,aea,) the.t whioh being here the word appropriately used). is good (-rb 1taAov) is not ( ob, rather the.n (4) The confiloting principles, or energies, olix ,liplrrtC., as in the Textue Reccptus, is of human nature, between which the indi- the beet-supported reading). For the good vidual l-y<li, which wi.l.ls and e.cts, is here ( d.-ya8&v) the.t I would I do not ( ol 1ro,,i,) : regarded u.s being distracted, a.re the a&p{ but the evil whioh I would not, the.t I in which sin dwells (which has been ex- praotise ( 1rpd.trrro,). But if whe.t I ( l-y<li, plained above; see note under ver. 14) on emphntic) would not, that I do (1ro,,i,), it is the one hand, and the voiis (\'er. 23) of the no longer I ( l-y<li, ngnin emphatic) thnt work (rro, (u,8po,1ros (ver. 22) on the other. The (1tClTEp-yd.(oµ .. ,) it, but sin that dwelleth in l-y<li is ideu tified with the (110, bt1ponros, me. I find then the le.w, that to me who rather than regarded as an intermediate would do good, evil is present. For I delight personality between the two. For it is in the Le.w of God after the inward man. spoken of thronghout 1\8 willing wh,\t is But I see u. different law in m:, members (on good; and, though in ver. 14 it is said to whnt is mee.nt by "members" (p.b,,rr,) see be <Tap1C111os, and though, in \'er. 18, good note under eh. vi. la) warring against the dwells not in it, yet the first of these ex- lBw of m:, mind, e.nd bringing me into oap- pressions only mee.nB that it ill in the flesh tivit:, to (or, nooording to some readings, bg) at present, and therefore in bondage; l\lld the law of sin which is in m:, members. O the latter is at onoe qualified by the addition, wretohed. me.n the.t I am I who shall deliver -rou-rl,rrw bn1 rrClpKlp.ou; it does not identify me from the bod:, of tl,tls death 1 (probably the l-y<li with the rrd.p{. It is, we may in the scune sense ns " tho body of sin" in remark in passing, this 1-y.:,.......i l<T., li,,t1ponros IJQ. vi, 6 ; soo Qote •thPreon. Transln&e -that fa regarded as riaing t\> 11 µew life  100 THE EPISTLE OF PAUI, TO THE ROMANS. [oH. vn.1-15,