Romans 7:5 meaning and explanation
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
Romans 7:5, Berean Standard Bible
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In Romans 7 Paul continues his argument to believers who know the law, showing that the law is good but cannot free anyone from sin. Here he recalls their former life “according to the flesh,” meaning life ordered by fallen human nature apart from God.
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