Romans 7

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6 freedom from sin

Romans 7 freedom from the law

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6:2 we died to sin

Romans 7:4 we died to the law

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6:3 we died to sin by union with Christ’s death

Romans 7:4 we died to the law through the body of Christ

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6:7 & 18 we have been justified and freed from sin

Romans 7:6 we have been released from the law

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6:4-5 we have shared in Christ’s resurrection

Romans 7:4 we belong to him who was raised from the dead

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6:4 we now live in newness of life

Romans 7:6 we now serve in newness of Spirit

Parallels in chapters 6 & 7:

Romans 6:22 the fruit we reap leads to holiness

Romans 7:4 we bear fruit to God

“Just as the law cannot save the sinner, neither can it sanctify the saint. Only the grace of God

in Jesus Christ can do either and both.”

- Sinclair Ferguson

“The saved man is not a perfect man; but his heart's desire is to become perfect, he is always panting after perfection, and the day will come

when he will be perfected, after the image of his once crucified and now glorified Savior, in

knowledge and true holiness.”

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“O Lord our God, grant us the grace to desire You with our whole heart; that, so desiring, we

may seek You, and so seeking, we may find You; and so finding You, that we may love

You; and loving You, that we may hate those sins from which You have redeemed us.”

- St. Anselm