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5. ἧμεν ἐν τῇ σαρκί = ὁ πάλαιος ἄνθρωπος of Rom 6:6.
τὰ παθήματα τῶν ἁμ.: παθήματα only Paul, Heb. and 1 Pet. = (1) sufferings, cf. Rom 8:18, and commonly; (2) = experiences, here and Gal 5:24 = concrete instances of πάθος, the state in which the subject is regarded as not active but receptive of experiences. So here = the effects which our sins produced upon our nature. See Rom 6:6 n.
τὰ διὰ τοῦ νόμου. Developed and explained in Rom 7:7 ff. These experiences came through the influence of law upon the old nature.
ἐνηργεῖτο = were constantly being made operative, i.e. by the action of ὁ πάλαιος ἄηθρωτος in reaction against law (τὰ διὰ τ. ν.); cf. Robinson, Eph. 247. ἐνεργεῖσθαι in S. Paul is always passive, implying an agent, here the context shows that the agent is ὁ παλ. ἄνθρωπος.