Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Wherefore	Ὥστε, Hōste	G5620	so too · conjunction
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
brethren	ἀδελφοί adelphoi	G80	a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (m… · noun — vocative plural masculine
ye	ὑμεῖς hymeîs	G5210	you (as subjective of verb)
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
dead	ἐθανατώθητε ethanatōthēte	G2289	become dead · verb — aorist passive indicative, 2nd person plural
law	νόμῳ nomō	G3551	law (through the idea of prescriptive usage) · noun — dative singular masculine
by	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
body	σώματος sōmatos	G4983	the body (as a sound whole) · noun — genitive singular neuter
Christ	Χριστοῦ Christou	G5547	anointed · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
that	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
ye	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
married	γενέσθαι genesthai	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent infinitive
another	ἑτέρῳ, heterō	G2087	(an- · adjective — dative singular masculine
raised	ἐγερθέντι, egerthenti	G1453	to waken (transitively or intransitively) · verb — aorist passive participle, dative singular masculine
from	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
dead	νεκρῶν nekrōn	G3498	dead (literally or figuratively · adjective — genitive plural masculine
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
fruit	καρποφορήσωμεν karpophorēsōmen	G2592	to be fertile (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural
God	θεῷ. theō	G2316	figuratively · noun — dative singular masculine, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye…
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he…
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Ephesians 5:23-27 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Romans 7:6 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 oldne…
Galatians 2:19-20 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man,…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:1-6

Among other arguments used in the foregoing chapter to persuade us against sin, and to holiness, this was one (Rom 7:14), that we are not under the law; and this argument is here further insisted upon and explained (Rom 7:6): We are delivered from the law. What is meant by this? And how is it an argument why sin should not reign over us, and why we should walk in newness of life? 1. We are delivered from the power of the law which curses and condemns us for the sin committed by us. The sentence of the law against us is vacated and reversed, by the death of Christ, to all true believers. The law saith, The soul that sins shall die; but we are delivered from the law. The Lord has taken away th…

Read the whole note in the console

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 7:4

Wherefore . . . ye also are become dead--rather, "were slain." to the law by the body of Christ--through His slain body. The apostle here departs from his usual word "died," using the more expressive phrase "were slain," to make it clear that he meant their being "crucified with Christ" (as expressed in Rom 6:3-6, and Gal 2:20). that ye should be married to another, even to him that is--"was." raised from the dead--to the intent. that we should bring forth fruit unto God--It has been thought that the apostle should here have said that "the law died to us," not "we to the law," but that purposely inverted the figure, to avoid the harshness to Jewish ears of the death of the law [CHRYS…

Read the whole note in the console

Adam Clarke on Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren - This is a parallel case. You were once under the law of Moses, and were bound by its injunctions; but now ye are become dead to that law - a modest, inoffensive mode of speech, for, The law, which was once your husband, is dead; God has determined that it shall be no longer in force; so that now, as a woman whose husband is dead is freed from the law of that husband, or from her conjugal vow, and may legally be married to another, so God, who gave the law under which ye have hitherto lived, designed that it should be in force only till the advent of the Messiah; that advent has taken place, the law has consequently ceased, and now ye are called to take on you the yok…

The Church Fathers

In order not to offend the Jews or to give those heretics who reject the Old Testament any encouragement, Paul did not say that the law had come to an end but rather that we have died to the law by the saving grace of baptism.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS

Now, whatever may be the substance, since he mentions "the body of Christ," whom he immediately after states to have been "raised from the dead," none other body can be understood than that of the flesh, in respect of which the law was called (the law) of death.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book V

Paul was reluctant to tell the Jews that the law was dead, but what he dared not say out loud he leaves to be understood.… A man bears fruit for God when his works of righteousness like fruit break out in blossom, then grow into fruit, and finally become fully ripe, for no fruit is forever in blossom.
— Pelagius, PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Fruit — A word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, “corn-fruit” (Heb.…
Church, The · Subject to Christ — Subject to Christ
Dead, The · Illustrative of: Freedom from the law — Illustrative of: Freedom from the law
Fellowship · WITH CHRIST — WITH CHRIST
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Justification · 23:6; — 23:6;
Law Of God, The · Saints: Freed from the bondage of — Saints: Freed from the bondage of
Law Of Moses, The · Christ: Abrogated, as a covenant of works — Christ: Abrogated, as a covenant of works
Righteousness · FRUITS OF — FRUITS OF

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Romans 7:4

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 7:4

Adam Clarke on Romans 7:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 7:4

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 7:4

Adam Clarke on Romans 7:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Romans 7:4

John Calvin on Romans 7:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 7:4