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NASB | Romans 7:14 ¶ For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:14 ¶ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am a creature of the flesh [worldly, self-reliant--carnal and unspiritual], sold into slavery to sin [and serving under its control]. |
Subject: "the law is spiritual, but I am carnal" |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, With respect to Phil 3:6a, it seems to me that that apostle Paul did not consider himself a "wicked, sinful man" while he was persecuting the Church (cf. Jn 16:2). His evaluation of himself in 1 Tim 1:15 was on hindsight, which makes his statement in Phil 3:9 all the more insightful and effective against self-righteousness. The darkness (preferable to using the word "black") of Paul's sin is all the more dark indeed because, as a Pharisee, he was convinced of his own right standing before Yhwh. As an aside, to my way of thinking the texts, Rom 6:18 refers to the effects of enabling grace, not "judicial" righteousness; here it is the righteousness one practices as a result of being set free from sin through grace (cf. v19-23). |