Robertson Word Pictures - Romans 7:4 - 7:4

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Robertson Word Pictures - Romans 7:4 - 7:4


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Ye also were made dead to the law (kai humeis ethanatōthēte). First aorist indicative passive of thanatoō, old verb, to put to death (Mat 10:21) or to make to die (extinct) as here and Rom 8:13. The analogy calls for the death of the law, but Paul refuses to say that. He changes the structure and makes them dead to the law as the husband (Rom 6:3-6). The relation of marriage is killed “through the body of Christ” as the “propitiation” (Rom 3:25) for us. Cf. Col 1:22.

That we should be joined to another (eis to genesthai heterōi). Purpose clause with eis to and the infinitive. First mention of the saints as wedded to Christ as their Husband occurs in 1Co 6:13; Gal 4:26. See further Eph 5:22-33.

That we might bring forth fruit unto God (hina karpophorēsōmen tōi theōi). He changes the metaphor to that of the tree used in Rom 6:22.