Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For when we were in the flesh—in our unregenerate state, as we came into the world. See on John 3:6 and Romans 8:5-9.
the motions—"passions" (Margin), "affections" (as in Galatians 5:24), or "stirrings."
of sins—that is, "prompting to the commission of sins."
which were by the law—by occasion of the law, which fretted, irritated our inward corruption by its prohibitions. See on Romans 7:7-9.
did work in our members—the members of the body, as the instruments by which these inward stirrings find vent in action, and become facts of the life. See on Romans 6:6.
to bring forth fruit unto death—death in the sense of Romans 6:21. Thus hopeless is all holy fruit before union to Christ.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Romans 7:5:
Romans 7:14
Romans 7:23
Romans 7:24
Romans 8:3-4
1 Corinthians 5:5
1 Corinthians 9:21
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