For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](A) the sinful passions aroused by the law(B) were at work in us,(C) so that we bore fruit for death.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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