Romans 7:5 - Exposition

For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins which were through the Law did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death . In the flesh, to which might be opposed in the Spirit (cf. Romans 8:9 ), denotes our state when under the power of sin, before we had risen to a new life in Christ; it is virtually the same as what is meant by being under the Law, as is shown by the opposed expression in Romans 7:6 , κατηργήθημεν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου . What is signified by "the passions of sins" being "through the Law" will be considered under Romans 7:7 and Romans 7:8 .