Study it in the app“So, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of the Messiah, so that you might belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.”
So,Ὥστεmy brothers,ἀδελφοί μουyouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶwere put to deathἐθανατώθητεto the lawτῷ νόμῳthroughδιὰthe bodyτοῦ σώματοςof the Messiah,τοῦ Χριστοῦso thatεἰς τὸyouὑμᾶςmight belongγενέσθαιto another,ἑτέρῳto the one whoτῷwas raisedἐγερθέντιfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνin order thatἵναwe might bear fruitκαρποφορήσωμενfor God.τῷ θεῷ
so
Draws the conclusion from what has just been said.
Where else “Hōste” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearsdie to
To be dead to something, like evil ways.
Where else “ethanatōthēte” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomōi” appearsbody
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genesthai” appearsother, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heterōi” appearsraise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egerthenti” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appearsbear fruit
Bear fruit.
Where else “karpophorēsōmen” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears3So then, while the husband is living, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man.
4 · This verse (above)
5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were through the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
1. What it says
What does Paul say he does and does not do, and how does he feel about it? (vv. 15-19, 24)
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul describes his inner struggle so frankly? What answer does he give at the end? (vv. 21-25)
3. How I live it
Paul admits his inner struggle without hiding it. To whom could you confidently tell a struggle of your own?
