Romans 7:6

Romans 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
• New International Version (NIV)But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

Context of Romans 7:6

4In the same way, brothers and sisters, you have died to the laws in Moses’ Teachings through Christ’s body. You belong to someone else, the one who was brought back to life. As a result, we can do what God wants. 5While we were living under the influence of our corrupt nature, sinful passions were at work throughout our bodies. Stirred up by the laws in Moses’ Teachings, our sinful passions did things that result in death. But now we have died to those laws that bound us. God has broken their effect on us so that we are serving in a new spiritual way, not in an old way dictated by written words. 7What should we say, then? Are the laws in Moses’ Teachings sinful? That’s unthinkable! In fact, I wouldn’t have recognized sin if those laws hadn’t shown it to me. For example, I wouldn’t have known that some desires are sinful if Moses’ Teachings hadn’t said, “Never have wrong desires.” 8But sin took the opportunity provided by this commandment and made me have all kinds of wrong desires. Clearly, without laws sin is dead.

Romans 7:6 word by word

νυνὶ δὲ κατηργήθημεν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἀποθανόντες ἐν ᾧ κατειχόμεθα, ὥστε δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς ἐν καινότητι πνεύματος καὶ οὐ παλαιότητι γράμματος.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• nowνυνίnuni · nowG3570
• we are deliveredκαταργέωkatargeō · to abateG2673
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the lawὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• that being deadἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• whereinἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whereinὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we were heldκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722
• thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• should serveδουλεύωdouleuō · be a slaveG1398
• newnessκαινότηςkainotēs · newnessG2538
• of spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the oldnessπαλαιότηςpalaiotēs · oldnessG3821
• of the letterγράμμαgramma · something writtenG1121

Cross-references for Romans 7:6

• Romans 7:4In the same way, brothers and sisters, you have died to the laws in Moses’ Teachings through Christ’s body. You belong to someone else, the one who was brought back to life. As a result, we can do what God wants.
• Romans 6:14Certainly, sin shouldn’t have power over you because you’re not controlled by God’s laws, but by God’s favor.
• Galatians 3:13Christ paid the price to free us from the curse that the laws in Moses’ Teachings bring by becoming cursed instead of us. Scripture says, “Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.”
• Galatians 4:4But when the right time came, God sent his Son ⌞into the world⌟. A woman gave birth to him, and he came under the control of the laws given to Moses.
• Romans 7:1Don’t you realize, brothers and sisters, that laws have power over people only as long as they are alive? (I’m speaking to people who are familiar with Moses’ Teachings.)
• Romans 6:2That’s unthinkable! As far as sin is concerned, we have died. So how can we still live under sin’s influence?
• Romans 1:9I serve God by spreading the Good News about his Son. God is my witness that I always mention you
• Romans 2:27The uncircumcised man who carries out what those laws say will condemn you for not following them. He will condemn you in spite of the fact that you are circumcised and have those laws in writing.
• Romans 6:4When we were baptized into his death, we were placed into the tomb with him. As Christ was brought back from death to life by the glorious power of the Father, so we, too, should live a new kind of life.
• Romans 12:2Don’t become like the people of this world. Instead, change the way you think. Then you will always be able to determine what God really wants—what is good, pleasing, and perfect.
• Ezekiel 11:19I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.
• Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts and give you obedient hearts.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6He has also qualified us to be ministers of a new promise, a spiritual promise, not a written one. Clearly, what was written brings death, but the Spirit brings life.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.
• Galatians 2:19When I tried to obey the laws in the Scriptures, those laws killed me. As a result, I live in a relationship with God. I have been crucified with Christ.
• Galatians 6:15Certainly, it doesn’t matter whether a person is circumcised or not. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.

Commentaries on Romans 7:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But now we are delivered from the law - We, who have believed in Christ Jesus, are delivered from that yoke by which we were bound, which sentenced every transgressor to perdition, but provided no pardon even for the penitent, and no sanctification for those who are weary of their inbred corruptions. That being dead wherein we were held - To us believers in Christ this commandment is abrogated; we are transferred to another constitution; that law which…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But now - Under the gospel. This verse states the consequences of the gospel, in distinction from the effects of the Law. The way in which this is accomplished, the apostle illustrates more at length in Romans 7:5, of the effects of the Law; and after having shown that its effects always were to increase crime and distress, he is prepared in Romans 7:4. Wherein we were held - That is, as captives, or as slaves. We were held in bondage to it; Romans 7:1…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6the written code (literally the letter): Paul uses this phrase to refer to the law of Moses. God carved this law on stone tablets consisting of individual letters (see 2:29; 2 Corinthians 3:5–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. But now--On the same expression, see on Ro 6:22, and compare Jas 1:15. we are delivered from the law--The word is the same which, in Ro 6:6 and elsewhere, is rendered "destroyed," and is but another way of saying (as in Ro 7:4) that "we were slain to the law by the body of Christ"; language which, though harsh to the ear, is designed and fitted to impress upon the reader the violence of that death of the Cross, by which, as by a deadly wrench, we are…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 7:6

• Death
• Holiness
• Justification
• Law
• Regeneration
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Captivity
• Concupiscence
• Condescend
• Consent
• Delight
• Member
• Mind
• Occasion
• Revive

Commentaries on Romans 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings