Where the Fathers quote Romans 7
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Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217expounds v.2“η γαρ υπανδρος γυνη τω ζωντι ανδρι δεδεται νομω· εαν δε αποθανῃ ο ανηρ, κατηργηται απο του νομου του ανδρος.”On the indissolubility of marriage: «The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth...»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1120expounds v.8“αφορμην δε λαβουσα η αμαρτια δια της εντολης κατειργασατο εν εμοι πασαν επιθυμιαν· χωρις γαρ νομου αμαρτια νεκρα.”Meaning of «For apart from the law sin was dead»
John ChrysostomPG 59:663expounds v.15“ο γαρ κατεργαζομαι ου γινωσκω· ου γαρ ο θελω τουτο πρασσω, αλλ᾿ ο μισω τουτο ποιω.”On the Apostle's saying: «For not what I will, that I do, but what I hate, that I do» and Jacob as a type of Christ
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1032expounds v.18“οιδα γαρ οτι ουκ οικει εν εμοι, τουτ᾿ εστιν εν τη σαρκι μου, αγαθον· το γαρ θελειν παρακειται μοι, το δε κατεργαζεσθαι το καλον ουχ ευρισκω·”239. Meaning of «I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, nothing good dwells»
1Rom 7:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:11…speak to those who know the law that the law has power over a man as long as he lives etc up to that point if she shall have been with another man another fragment from…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1069…i speak to those who know the law that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives for a woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1071…he who knows this well knows without doubt that the law dominates a man as long as he lives just as a husband dominates a wife and just as by the death of her husband a…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1557A…been released from the law, having died to that by which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter” (Rom. vii, 1-6), and so forth. By these words, we are…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:495…matters he passes again to dogmas with these words chap know you not brethren for i speak to them that know the law after he had said that we are dead to sin he shows here…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…for having discussed exactly with them concerning the polity he added saying know ye not brethren for i speak to them that know the law how that the law hath dominion over a man as long…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:797…passed from him and through him even to us b know you not brethren for i speak to them that know the law he declares it to be slippery ground everywhere if anyone strives to remain…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:809…i speak to those who know the law that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives the law therefore has dominion in a certain way over the living for it will…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:113…i speak to those who know the law that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives you also know exactly he says you who have been raised in the law that…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1677…versed in the law knowing exactly this that the law is master over a man as long as he lives for instance a wife under a husband while the husband lives is bound by law accordingly…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:489…hearers with which he may soothe their ears for the law rules over a man as long as he lives vers for the woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:445…i speak to those who know the law that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives for the woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:449…added saying or do you not know brethren that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives so you also have been put to death to the law therefore if these things…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:419…that the law lords it over a man as long as he lives for the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to the living husband…
2Rom 7:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:827…me follow the authority of the apostle who says for a woman is bound by the law to her husband while he is alive and she will be called an adulteress if she is with another…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1069…as long as he lives for a woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her husband while he is alive but if the husband has died she is released from the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1557…long a time as he lives for the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to the living husband but if the husband dies she is released from the law of the husband…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1821…gory of Valencia, a theologian of our Order, Analysis fidei, book V, ch. 2. Col. 1518 C 10. Gratias ago (I give thanks). In the Latin Vulgate at Romans VII, 2 [sic], we read: Gratia Dei per Jesum Christum (The grace…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:113…subject at hand and says vers for the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives but if the husband dies she is released from the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:541…he lives then the example for the woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her living husband but if the husband dies she is discharged from the law of the husband…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:489…long as he lives vers for the woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her living husband but if her husband dies she is released from the law of her husband…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:445…as long as he lives for the woman who is under a husband is bound by the law to her living husband but if the husband dies she is released from the law of the husband…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:991…in widowhood to marry is without blame as the apostle says 'but if the husband be dead she is free to marry whom she will only in the lord ' b he added this forbidding fornicating…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:419…man as long as he lives for the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to the living husband but if the husband dies she is released from the law of the husband…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:713…is no one who can dissolve the marriage since the apostle says if the husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord cor vii bals a…
Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1155…choice to a second marriage for the words of the apostle are if the husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord that is to be…
3Rom 7:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1245…her husband liveth and the other therefore if she shall live with another man she shall be called an adulteress while her husband liveth yet they did not act altogether without reason for it is likely…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:747…wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord a he says…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:729…is no one who might dissolve the union since the apostle says if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord cor vii xlii marriages…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1139…wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband be dead she is free to be married to whom she will only in the lord but she is happier…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:605…a for this reason the divine apostle also said so then if while her husband lives she is joined to another man she shall be called an adulteress but she had been joined…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:113…the law of her husband then he teaches this more clearly vers so then if while her husband lives she marries another man she is called an adulteress but if her husband dies she is free…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:285…wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord that is to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:805…says is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord and again but…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:155C…uld recognize the truth even from the things which they immediately bring forward. The apostle Paul says: "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid" (Rom. vii, 3). And elsewhere: "For we know that the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:445…from the law of the husband therefore while her husband is alive she shall be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man but if her husband dies she is free from the law…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:419…while the husband lives she is joined to another man she will be called an adulteress but if her husband dies she is free from the law so that she is not an adulteress if she…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1175…is under a husband while he lives is bound by the law but if her husband be dead she shall be freed from the law of the husband therefore if while her husband lives she shall…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:329…wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord but she is…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:899…is no one who might dissolve the union since the apostle says if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord there is no law…
4Rom 7:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ye also are become dead to the law therefore if these things are said about the natural law we shall be found having no…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1227A…eath through the law by the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, who has been raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God” (Rom. VII, 4). We are put to death to the law, by ce…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:987D…ren, you also have been mortified to the law by the body of Christ, that you may belong to another who has risen from the dead, that we may bear fruit to God (Rom. VII, 4). And again he said of Him: Whence he…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1031…the law died hence paul also said d therefore my brethren you also are become dead to the law by the body of christ that you may belong to another who is risen again from the…
5Rom 7:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1069…was raised from the dead that we may bear fruit to god for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were working in our members to bear fruit…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1073…the same meaning of explanation by another figure again for he subjoins for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were working in our members to bear fruit…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1075…not only to those who are from the circumcision he says therefore for when we were in the flesh and indeed so far as the matter is concerned he was saying these things while placed in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1545…was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit to god for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were at work in our members to bear…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1557…was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit to god for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were operating in our members to bear fruit…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1645B…ty than dust is formed into flesh, 291. Everyone ought to be in the flesh in such a way as not to walk according to the flesh, 314. These words of the Apostle (Rom. VII, 5), "When we were in the flesh," signify…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:497…he says you were bearing fruit for death but now for god for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were operating in our members so as to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:499…the law sin god forbid for he had said before the passions of sins which were by the law were working in our members and sin will not have dominion over you for you are not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:799…christ and have died to the law being justified through faith vii for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were at work etc by flesh he designates…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:801…observe how wisely he speaks concerning the law for he indeed said when we were in the flesh the passions of sins c which were through the law were active in our members to bear fruit…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:115…death of the former husband then again he shows the distinction vers for when we were in the flesh this is in the way of life according to the law for he called flesh those laws…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1679…bring forth fruit by his resurrection even as you are transformed vers for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law etc the divine scripture uses the name flesh…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:489…should henceforth be christ s that we may bear fruit to god for when we were in the flesh d he exhorts them starting from the better for then he says you bore fruit to death…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:445…has risen from the dead that we might bear fruit to god for when we were in the flesh the affections of sins that were through the law were active in our members…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:447…has risen from the dead that we might bear fruit to god for when we were in the flesh the affections of sins that were through the law were active in our members a to bring…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:419…we may bring forth children to god namely good works c vers for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were through the law were working in our members to bear fruit…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1151…carnal passions and say also you b that which was timely read for when we were in the flesh the passions of sins which were by the law were working in our members but if the…
6Rom 7:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1069…released from the law of death in which we were held so that we should serve in newness of the spirit and not in oldness of the letter a discussing more broadly in the preceding sections…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1071…of such a kind that it taught men to serve the law not in the oldness of the letter but in the newness of the spirit and i believe that not only the apostles but also…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1073…were held so that we may serve in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter it appears even in these as d we said in the preceding section by the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1075…the conclusion so that we may serve in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter which without doubt seems to be said about the law of the letter can be…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1161…instrument why psalm xliv is called a canticle he who worships god not in the oldness of the letter but in the newness of the spirit sings a new canticle singing in the church see church…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1545…were held so that we should serve in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter for the letter that is the law kills but the spirit…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1557…the law having died to that by which we were held so that we should serve in newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter rom vii and so forth by these…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1179…have learned to celebrate the feast days in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter you who ought to celebrate the precious and life giving pascha of the sacrifice of…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:375…died to that by which we were held so that we may serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter and again for we know that the law is spiritual c h…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1143A…e taken on old age; those things which are of the spirit have been restored, so that we might serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter (Rom. 7:6). By his coming, Christ has done someth…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1613…the things of the new testament serving in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter these also fulfill the church of the saints accomplishing the holy and faithful things of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:497…again but not in the same way but so that we might serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter and what is it that he says for it is necessary to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:499…not under law but under grace and here again that we may serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter for it is not the letter that condemns that is the old…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:625…into a new life for we conduct ourselves according to the gospel not in the oldness of the letter but in the newness of the spirit through whom and with whom to god and the father…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:801…sin for we have become another s and we must serve him in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter vii what then shall we say is the law sin observe how…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:611…way than through blameless faith and the evangelical manner of life for not in the oldness of the letter but in the newness of the spirit is it necessary to walk for those who truly desire…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:115…grace of the spirit for the things that follow declare this so that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter and he opposed the spirit to the letter and…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1679…released from the law that held us c so that we might serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter it behooves us therefore from this time forward to conduct ourselves as…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:701…becoming a minister of the prophetic grace in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter he the great trumpet of the truth said we have he says this treasure in…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:761…newness of the spirit in the worship of action through high contemplations and not in the oldness of the letter through a lower acceptance of the law that inclines toward the body according to the sense…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1371…serving god in the newness of the spirit practically through lofty contemplations and not in the oldness of the letter through that lower reception of the law according to sense toward the body becoming a shepherd…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:491…man who was held in it who has died and been buried that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter the letter he says by which we are…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:447…was under the law on account of sin vii that we might serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:449…to commit adultery but for us not even to look with curiosity and not in the oldness of the letter for the law no longer commands but the spirit by saying oldness he showed the frailty…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:421…the law having died to that by which we were held so that we should serve in newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter he did not say that the law…
7Rom 7:7
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1267C…y of the laws cut up and eroded the communion of the divine law, not understanding the saying of the Apostle, who says: "Through the law I recognized sin" (Rom. vii, 7). And he says that "mine and thine" ent…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1107C…f laws has cut asunder and gnaws away the communion of the divine law; not understanding the saying of the Apostle, who says: “Through the law I knew sin” (Rom. VII, 7). And he says that "mine" and "thine" h…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…prophets and the father who is announced through him for he says what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid nay i had not known sin but by the law for i had…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1077B…nd placed upon different matters, such that Paul seems not to keep to the purpose set before him in the writing of the Epistle. "What then? Is the law sin?" (Rom. vii, 7.) The way that "law" is one name does n…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1079A…aw of Moses, acknowledged their sin, then without doubt it will not be the law of Moses of which the Apostle says: "I did not know sin except through the law" (Rom. vii, 7); and of which he says: <"I did not kno…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1079A…e signification of the law in this place: "For sin is not imputed when there is no law" (Rom. v, 13); and in this: "I did not know sin except through the law" (Rom. vii, 7); for before the law of Moses, sin was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:499…in oldness of the letter he subjoins what then shall we say is the law sin god forbid for he had said before the passions of sins which were by the law were working in our…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…and simple that which is difficult is this how does he say i had not known lust except the law had said thou shalt not covet for if man did not know lust before he received…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:833C…Certainly not! But I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet'" (Rom. 7:7). Therefore the law is by no means a te…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:117…sets forth the objections and brings forward their solutions a h vers what shall we say then is the law sin h he has placed many things in the preceding statements which would have provided an…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:491…law is no longer alive but the spirit is our helper vers what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid because he appeared to have said many things against the law such as…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:155…from the things which they immediately bring forward the apostle paul says what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid rom vii and elsewhere for we know that the law is spiritual but…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1113B…e is not kept away, and of which he is not in need? Hence, "I would not have known concupiscence, unless the law had said: Thou shalt not covet" (Exod. xx, 17; Rom. vii, 7). For hearing, "But of the tree of the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:447…in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid but i did not know sin except through the law for i would…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:421…this state and it is similar regarding the contempt of death vers what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid but i did not know sin except through the law for i would…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1307…they cite the apostle as a witness for this when he says i had not known sin but by the law a and again but when the commandment came sin revived but o you architects of…
8Rom 7:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:233A…groan to the Lord. Therefore, let us pray to the Lord that the kingdom of sin which is in our mortal body may die. For sin, he says, is dead; but I lived [Rom. vii, 8-9]. And again: Sin revived, but I died.…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1013…also in the later parts of this epistle saying in this way for without the law sin was dead but i lived some time without the law in which i see one and the same meaning…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1075…covet and taking occasion sin worked in me through the commandment all concupiscence for without the law sin was dead but i was living without the law at one time but when the commandment came sin…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1083…and just and good sin revived in us and slew us for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me this is not an accusation against the commandment for the reason…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:297…was given the devil had a means to work concupiscence in me for without the law sin was dead that is when the command was not given sin was ineffective and i lived blamelessly before the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:499…concupiscence except the law had said thou shalt not covet he added but sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence c taking occasion he says sin not the law increased…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…is a charge against the law again but against their own ingratitude for without the law sin was dead that is not so well known for they knew indeed even they who were before the law…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:117…a more exact knowledge than natural discernment through the law h vers but sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence h by all means he endeavors to show that it…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:493…that we might easily overcome it h ver but sin taking opportunity by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence h since at that time for there was not yet grace by which it…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1235…so forth d cap vii vers sine enim lege peccatum mortuum erat for without the law sin was dead sin was indeed dead but i was in life as one not troubled not wounded not slain…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1237…taken an opportunity as he said above sin having taken an opportunity wrought in me all manner of concupiscence he adds that it not only wrought all manner of concupiscence but it also slew me this…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1113…commandment was given the devil had an opportunity to work within me concupiscence for without the law sin was dead as if the commandment not being given sin was ineffective i however lived before the commandment…
Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:605…sin entered into the world and death through sin etc and elsewhere for without the law sin was dead but i was once living without the law this is when i thought upon nothing mortal but…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:451…the nature of irrational creatures b vii but sin taking opportunity through the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence for without the law sin was dead for i lived once without the law but…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:423…a vers but sin taking opportunity by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence for without the law sin was dead he did not say that the law…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 150:1351…the divine paul says concerning sin that through the written law it wrought in me all manner of coveting for sin finding an occasion through the commandment deceived me and killed me this has occurred also…
9Rom 7:9
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1265…a bird but he did not look at what follows that is but when the commandment came sin revived etc h fragments of epiphanes from the book de justitia in clement of alexandria stromata book iii…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:139…therefore says c without the law sin is dead and he adds but when the commandment came sin revived teaching universally concerning sin that sin itself has no operation before the law and commandment come but…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:929…in the transgression of sin because even paul himself says of himself for i was alive without the law once when did paul live without the law who again says of himself circumcised the eighth day…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:931…have sensed what is consonant with these things in what he says but when the commandment came sin revived yet when the savior also says in the gospels if i had not come and spoken to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1061…necessary first that in every man there be fulfilled what is written but when the commandment came sin revived but this which follows is said to a few those who are already being amended namely what…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1075…was dead but i was living without the law at one time but when the commandment came sin revived but i died and the commandment which was to life was found for me to be unto…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1081…lived without this law just as paul himself confesses when he says i was alive without the law once in that time when we lived without the law we did not know concupiscence he did not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1083…thus came to men how do they explain that the apostle said i was alive without the law once as though one who before he came into this human body lived in that order for example…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:297…ex libro de resurrectione a i was alive without the law once this means that as we previously supposed before the commandment we were not without bodies but lived…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1013…time for in his own person the divine apostle cries out explicitly i was alive without the law once paul was certainly not before the law who was the last of all the disciples of the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1183C…ep, places him in hell, and hands him over to be consumed by death, 186. See Sepulchre. Sin is the firstborn offspring of the devil, 50. What that passage in Rom. VII, 9 means: "But when the commandment came,…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1729…to be fulfilled in us then that which is written is fulfilled but when the commandment came sin revived and i died for then the evil thoughts die generated from the passions of the flesh and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:615…t does not aid it, as it is written: Before the commandment came, sin indeed was dead, but I was living; after the commandment came, sin revived, and I died (Rom. 7:9, 10). Thus, therefore, the Jewish peopl…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:665D…ore the commandment of the law (and by law I mean that which was given in paradise), and he says in the person of Adam: "For I was alive without the law once" (Rom. 7:9). Was Paul then older than the law? Pau…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…along with nature to have the law also clearly declaring all things for i was alive without the law once when tell me before moses see how he endeavors to show the law's value as much…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:213…blessed paul himself declared to us the freedom of the fathers saying i was alive without the law once by this i he refers to the root of his own race and attributes it to his…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:117…no place then he makes this clear by an example h vers for i was alive without the law once h for adam before the transgression had not the fear of death but when the commandment…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1681…word i is now put for man but he speaks concerning adam but when the commandment came sin revived and i died i for my part who as man possessed life before the law when the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:493…this reason they were also liable to greater accusation h ver but i was alive without the law once h he recurs to the times of the law assuming the persona of all mankind and showing…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1113A…tion of certain apostolic sayings. Let us see what we have to say regarding the Apostle. For that which was said by him: "I was living once without the law" (Rom. vii, 9), indicates the life passed in the…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1113A…rding to which I ought to live. But when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died, and the commandment which was for life was found by me to be for death (Rom. vii, 9, 10). Because after God had legislated,…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:451…the law sin was dead for i lived once without the law but when the commandment came sin revived and i died and the commandment which was unto life was found to be unto death for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:423…those of course who transgress the law and sin with knowledge vers for i was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived and i died before moses he says i lived…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1307…i had not known sin but by the law a and again but when the commandment came sin revived but o you architects of wickedness why did you maliciously suppress what follows for it is written…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:221…and comes to maturity then that which is written comes to pass but when the commandment came sin revived and i died c for evil thoughts arise generated in our souls from the passions of the…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:811…was created first and then received the commandment later hence he adds but when the commandment came sin revived and i died and the commandment which was unto life it was found to be unto death…
10Rom 7:10
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:665B…ducer and teacher of sin, received the appellation of sin. "Sin revived, and I died; and the commandment which was unto life, this was found to be unto death" (Rom. 7:10). For God gave to Adam a commandment, n…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…be harmed by the things that are beneficial wherefore he also said and the commandment which was ordained to life i found to be unto death he did not say it became death nor it begat…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:493…learned precisely that they were sinning h and the commandment which was to life i found to be unto death h he did not say it became death but found to declare that this was something…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:423…the illness but he did not obey the physician and died vers and the commandment which was ordained to life i found to be unto death for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and…
11Rom 7:11
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1083…holy and just and good sin revived in us and slew us for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me this is not an accusation against the commandment for the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:665D…nt of the foreknowledge of such great goods to bring in the creation? "For sin, taking occasion, through the commandment deceived me, and by it killed me" (Rom. 7:11). Sin, that is, the devil. "Taking occa…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:669D…"slipped in," and the devil "slipped in" through the law. For sin, having taken an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me (Rom. 7. 11). That, therefore, no one might think t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…life and he made this very thing clearer through what follows saying for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me you see how everywhere he keeps hold of sin clearing…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:493…this was something new and paradoxical beyond what could be believed h for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:451…life was found to be unto death for sin taking occasion through the commandment deceived me and by it killed me it is not the law he says that is the cause of sin but sin…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:423…commandment which was ordained to life i found to be unto death for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me he did not say that the commandment became death to…
12Rom 7:12
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1289…d the third which is free from what is worse he says the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good wherefore i think it has briefly been shown to you sufficiently that…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:337…is just he appears to say somewhere so that the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good and he assigns both names to the same power but also no one is…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1185…the law in order that we might bear fruit to god therefore the law is holy and the commandment is holy and righteous and good we have been put to death therefore to the law that…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:613A…nd he calls him a worker of the law, but a loiterer in the things of true life. Those things are good indeed; who could deny it? For the “commandment is holy” ⟦Rom. vii, 12⟧, inasmuch as it serves as a kind of pe…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1451…is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good" (Rom. VII, 12). If, then, the wording of the law prom…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1879…the law and its precepts when he says therefore the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good c and again sin that it might appear sin worked death in me through…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:17…he also approves of it in this place therefore the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good now if the words of the law promise riches to the just let celsus…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:19…the law is spiritual he also approves it in this place therefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good now if the words of the law promise riches to the just…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:947…for we know that the law is spiritual and because of this the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good these were the plant which the heavenly father planted but those…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1075…commandment seduced me and through it killed me therefore the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good what then is good is death to me god forbid but sin that it…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1083…of the law the apostle adds and says therefore the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good for the commandment itself is good and the law is holy for it commands…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1297…the hands of the mediator himself so that the law might be holy and the commandment holy and just and good and all these things might be sanctified in christ h from the third book of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:589B…have been given through the angels, not without the hands of the mediator himself, so that the law might be holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good ⟦Rom. VII, 12⟧, and all these things might be sanctif…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:799…without the hands of the mediator himself that the law might be holy and the commandment holy and just and good and that all these things might be sanctified by christ therefore he is not said…
Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1229…pure and holy and the law of god paul cries out so the law is holy and the commandment holy and righteous and good and for we know that the law is spiritual for that which…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:771…blessed apostle writing to the romans said the law is spiritual and the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good and a little later for what was impossible for the law in…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:721…in due time died for the ungodly so that the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us for christ is…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:805…for sinners and no longer dies in himself b schol and therefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good refut and the apostle attributes this to the law that it is…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1163…day that you eat from it you shall surely die so that the law is holy and the commandment of god is just and holy and good for it was not given to do harm but…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:609…to adam concerning the tree for the apostle says the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good the fourth is that which was under noah in the cloud the fifth is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…sin clearing the law of every accusation wherefore he also added saying wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good but if you wish let us also bring into the middle…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:691A…good way," he says, "is to do just things" (Prov. xvi, 5). The divine Paul also writes: "So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, and just, and good" (Rom. vii, 12). But the law is a holy of holies,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:43…to abolish but to fulfill and how did paul also say c wherefore the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good to such things we shall say again that the law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1459…not good as far as spiritual doctrine of divine things is concerned the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good but as far as the triviality of actions and a merely…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:307…confirmation of the divine scriptures for as the most wise paul writes the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good when therefore it seems that the words are spoken about levi the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:671…toward the truth and the first tabernacle indeed is a holy for the law is holy and the commandment just and good but the holy of holies is that inner one for those who were participants…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:805…pleasures within us toward resistance according to the ways mentioned before so the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good b cod f vii itaque lex quidem sancta praeceptum sanctum justumque et…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:967…an evil reputation even though paul clearly writes therefore the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:465…when the divine scriptures speak quite otherwise for the law is indeed holy and the commandment holy and just and good as paul says yet it lay there until a time of amendment not yet introducing…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:733…any way the case is far otherwise for it is written because the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good but how these things are to be understood if anyone of us…
Proclus of Constantinople c. 390 – 446PG 65:701…tree and the apostle paul cries out so that the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good the fourth law is that in the time of noah in the cloud the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:119…he has stated the same thing in different words ver so then the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good he calls the mosaic code the law but he calls the commandment…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1681…oracles there is much of such an idiom c h so that the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good h so that he says the law is holy and the commandment…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:691…teaches the law is spiritual rom vii and again the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and just and good ibid the same author criticizes the letter of the law as he calls it…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:493…taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good was then that which is good made death unto me god…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:761…o heaven and give ear o earth and all the creation attend the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good very well but if these things are holy things that obscurely and…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:155…return to it for it adds to the aforementioned things saying so the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good and it is evident that it is not other than holy b…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:449…frees the law from every accusation therefore he also added saying therefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good c but if you please let us bring into the middle the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:455…vii is the law then holy and the commandment holy and just and good was then that which is good made death unto me god forbid but sin that…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:425…grace because of the law's powerlessness h vers so the law indeed is holy and the commandment holy and righteous and good h b behold most clearly here he has stopped the mouths of the marcionites…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:475A…the blessed Apostle, writing to the Romans, said: "The law is spiritual" [Rom. VII, 14], and, "The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good" [Rom. VII, 12], and a little later, "For what the law…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1221…the law of sin and the rest so the law he says is holy and the commandment holy and just and good and it is clear that the holy is not one thing the just another…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1307…did you maliciously suppress what follows for it is written immediately that the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good if according to the apostle's testimony the law is holy and the…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:871…is clear enlightening the eyes and the apostle the law he says is holy and the commandment holy and just and good understanding all of which we shall be worthy to hear when the just man…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:813…law for humanity and weaving both together he brings in a so the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good as if to say that both are most useful and he…
13Rom 7:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1075…holy and just and good what then is good is death to me god forbid but sin that it might appear as sin through the good worked death in me that the sinner might become above…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:767A…experience torments, in which for him who is truly a sinner, namely the devil, of whom Paul says, “That sin might be exceeding sinful through the commandment” (Rom. VII, 13), the pit is dug. For future punishment…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:501…these things it is clear that he is discussing this mosaic law was then that which is good he says made death unto me god forbid but sin that it might appear sin that is that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:713B…to be humble. For you hear Paul saying: Through that which is good, it works death for me, that sin might become exceedingly sinful through the commandment (Rom. 7:13). When you come to the thought of admir…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:121…he denies it god forbid and he shows the cause of evils but sin that it might appear sin working death to me through that which is good this is obscure for its great brevity but…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1105D…onstantine the Great, because he thought this would be pleasing to God. Prostaxeis (orders/commands), it is read incorrectly for praxeis (deeds), I, 34 (ad Rom. vii. 13). Prostasian andros elesthai (to choo…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:493…the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good was then that which is good made death unto me god forbid h d see how he mentions sin everywhere so that he may…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:455…the law then holy and the commandment holy and just and good was then that which is good made death unto me god forbid but sin that it might appear sin working death in me by…
14Rom 7:14
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1449D…the spirit be in glory?" (II Cor. III, 7-8). But where he admires and accepts the law, he calls it spiritual: "We know," he says, "that the law is spiritual" (Rom. VII, 14). He also approves it in this place: "T…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:947…those who are able from a truthful disposition to say the words for we know that the law is spiritual and because of this the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:895…truly paul a in the flesh as for example when he says but i am carnal sold under sin as will be shown when with the lord directing us we shall have come to that very…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1071…which he says a little later but we know that the law is spiritual yet not only paul knew a that the law was spiritual but also those who were instructed…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1077…and divine understanding of the law is also called law as in for we know that the law is spiritual beyond all these the law sown in the soul according to common notions is called law…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1079A…d equally to this saying. Also termed the law is a more abstruse and divine intelligence of the law, as in this place: "For we know that the law is spiritual" (Rom. vii, 14). To these is added the law which, acco…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1083…for there it can be called peccatrix female sinner we know indeed that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin for what i work i do not know for not what i…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1085…other and different things as the apostle does in the present place for we know that the law is spiritual this he still pronounces with apostolic authority for he who is carnal and sold under sin…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:299…shown and convicted of being a sinner b to an extreme degree for we know that the law is spiritual therefore it is in no way the cause of harm to anyone for spiritual things are…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1373…keep thy law that is the spiritual law concerning which paul says for we know that the law is spiritual and the rest for how shall they not keep the law or the commandments of the…
Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1229…law is holy and the commandment holy and righteous and good and for we know that the law is spiritual for that which is holy and spiritual and good is delivered from every impropriety and endures…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741C…he is at last dragged by it even to those things which he willeth not. Cap. I. ROMANS. But we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin (Rom. vii, 14). For that which I do, I allow not: for…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:743A…is no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to perform that which is good I find not (Rom. vii, 14-20). REGULA XXIV. That we must not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1093ALatin…er sit; juxta eam quam Apostolus protulit sententiam: Ego autem carnalis sum, venumdatus sub peccato. Non enim quod volo, hoc ago: sed quod odi, illud facio (Rom. VII, 14, 15). Et rursus: Nunc autem jam non eg…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1517…furthermore to instruct us more sharply let us recall what he said for we know that the law is spiritual but i am of the flesh sold under sin for i do not understand my own…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:925…contemplation working it from a bodily state into a spiritual one saying we know that the law is spiritual therefore that which we have observed in paul that the church has a need for teeth which…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1191D…n: πεπραμένοι τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, and not otherwise in R. and M. Livineius: "sold to sin." Vatican: ὑπὸ τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ; perhaps it should be restored from the Apostle, Rom. VII, 14, ὑπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, "sold under sin,"…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:375…newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter and again for we know that the law is spiritual c h cap xxiv on those places in which for the same reason that is on…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1151…prescription of the law as those things which follow make one believe but i am carnal sold under sin because otherwise a man could not have been brought under the power and dominion of sin and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1165…contrary to the law of god might be distinguished from the good for we know that the law is spiritual and therefore it is the cause of no harm to anyone for spiritual things dwell far…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:931C…or that which I work, I do not understand; for I do not do what I will: but I do what I hate; and it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me" (Rom. 7:14-17). Such will be the fear of all then,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:669…might appear as a sinner beyond measure through the commandment working death we know that the law is spiritual but i am fleshly ibid you paul fleshly you who are governed by the holy spirit you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:507…ages of ages amen h homily xiii h a we know however that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin since he said that great things had been achieved and that sin…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:513A…law of sin," so he calls the Spirit the "law of the Spirit." And yet he also called the law of Moses by that name, saying: We know that the law is spiritual [Rom. 7:14]. What, then, is the difference? A grea…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:437B…"Not of letter, but of spirit." Lo, again another difference. What then? Was not that Law spiritual? How then does he say, "We know that the law is spiritual" (Rom. vii, 14)? It was spiritual, but it did not prov…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:939C…ose who understand: I, however, am unlearned and do not know: I know, however, that they are written spiritually: for the Apostle says: "The law is spiritual" (Rom. 7:14). Then look up to heaven, and say: "Lor…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:897D…man praise, and the pleasure of the body, and urges most gravely that these, should be obstructed, having rejected any other pretexts for the causes of sin. Rom. vii, 14.…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:993…law of sin and of death on account of this he says the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin whence also all things of the law and of the temple and of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:807…to be called or is a sinner by way of excess vii for we know that the law is spiritual he calls the law spiritual as it makes those who follow it spiritual but one who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:637…the divine paul as if groaning over the infirmities of nature says for we know that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin for that which i do i know not and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:823B…ly bound to figures and shadows ourselves? Then, wherever the truly learned and supremely wise Paul might go when he says: "We know that the law is spiritual" (Rom. VII, 14), who, I pray, would be the man to doub…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:825…that provides us with sufficient aid for he says thus for i know that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin for i do not understand what i am working for i…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:921…in my members warring against the law of my mind and again but i am carnal sold under sin and again now the works of the flesh are manifest which are fornication adultery uncleanness and suchlike…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:953…upon the altar with its libations and man shall be duly cleansed we know that the law is spiritual which is why paul says so that judging spiritually we may not be harmed by the fruits…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1121…pernicious sale paul also writing this to the romans has interpreted it for we know that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin c but note most especially that he did not…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1181…and you shall be redeemed without silver and the divine apostle says for we know that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin even here then those admirable men say that you…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:121…spirit the blessed moses having partaken of this grace wrote the law but i am carnal sold under sin he introduces the man before grace as being besieged by the passions for he calls him carnal…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1683…sin has by seducing me turned into a murderer against me vers for we know that the law is spiritual proceeding to defend the law and excluding it from every accusation i know he says that…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1685…draw a conclusion from all that he had said from this verse we know that the law is spiritual but this i delight in the law of god according to the inward man designates the rational…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:691…are from your law" (Ps. CXVIII, 18). Furthermore, they know Paul, who teaches: "The law is spiritual" (Rom. VII, 14). And again: "The law indeed is holy, a…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1119A…n of wisdom. 89. The grace of the New Testament is mystically hidden in the letter of the Old Testament; therefore the Apostle says that the law is spiritual (Rom. vii. 14). The law, therefore, is antiquated and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:495…obtaining salvation he caused his own kingdom to be made manifest vers for we know that the law is spiritual lest the hearer be troubled hearing that through the commandment sin had taken occasion and that…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:155C…apostle Paul says: "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid" (Rom. vii, 3). And elsewhere: "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal" (Rom. vii, 14). And again: "Delight in the law after…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1115…b of sin might be exposed as an exceedingly great sinner h we know that the law is spiritual and therefore it is the cause of no harm to anyone for spiritual things dwell far from…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:457…be so that by this at least we might flee from it for we know that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin for i do not understand what i am working…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:425…art of medicine as one not being benefited by it h vers for we know that the law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin h d since he had said that sin had…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:475A…r and the latter wrote rightly and well in regard to the subject at hand. For just as the blessed Apostle, writing to the Romans, said: "The law is spiritual" [Rom. VII, 14], and, "The law is holy, and the comman…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1103C…als more clearly a little above, that he does not blame the flesh, but the sin which entered afterwards from transgression: "I was sold," he says, "under sin" (Rom. vii, 14); and one who is sold is not a slave by…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:791A…, 4), he recalls us from the letter of Moses. Therefore, he speaks here of a circumcision other than the concision (Phil. iii, 2), and intends a spiritual law (Rom. vii, 14). This "law" can also be understood as…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:815…my will through all these things from the point where he says for we know that the law is spiritual he wishes to say that the law is indeed good instructing the soul in what is…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…ht of the good," Naz. Hom. in Nat. Chr. Verse 49, "of the evil," or (as Basil the Great says) "the cause of every kind of evil to me." Verse 51, "for we know." Rom. VII, 14. Verse 6, from end, "but I." D. Paul, i…
15Rom 7:15
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…say that in my flesh dwelleth no good thing consequently he subjoined for that which i do i allow not for what i would that do i not but what i hate that do i if…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741…law is spiritual but i am carnal sold under sin rom vii for that which i do i allow not for what i would that do i not but what i hate that do i if…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1115B…me for having transgressed the commandment, namely, that I should be sold to evil. Hence that saying: "What I do, I do not understand; and what I hate, I do" (Rom. VII, 15); this is not to be understood of deeds…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:21…some things and added others likewise upon that of the seventh chapter for that which i do i allow not this is in my flesh no good thing greek our translation he wishes to show the…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…eisōkisthai, M. M. eisōkisan, cod. B. eisōkēsthai. I. S. eisōkisē en tē, as on the following page. Verse 25, eisōkēsan eis. Verse 5, "I do not know." Rom. VII, 15. Verse 8, "for not toward us." See the…
16Rom 7:16
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…would that do i not but what i hate that do i if then i do that which i would not i consent unto the law that it is good now then it is no more…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:303…i do but if what i do not will that i do i consent unto the law that it is good now then it is no longer i that work it but sin that dwells in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741…would that do i not but what i hate that do i if then i do that which i would not i consent unto the law that it is good now then it is no more…
17Rom 7:17
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…that were said before and those that follow for he said before but sin that dwelleth in me on account of which it was consistent to say that in my flesh dwelleth no good thing consequently…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741…i would not i consent unto the law that it is good now then it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me for i know that in me d…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1111…not that i do now if i do that i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me and at another time i delight in the law of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:811…who are sick almost against their will it befits to say again now then it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me c vii but if that which i will…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:813…prevailing therefore he says but if i do what i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me vii i find then a law that when i would…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:637…not that i do now if i do that i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me d if then anyone should look more precisely at the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…not that i do now if i do that i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me elucidation of what has been said i find then a…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1031…finds the resolution difficult and not without great labor therefore he says it is no more i that do it that is i recognize that this work is not mine for how could i perform it…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:461…not that i do now if i do what i would not it is no more i that do it but the sin that dwells in me he wishes to show the freedom of the will…
18Rom 7:18
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:943D…ause they could not be saved by themselves. And for this cause Paul, announcing the infirmity of man, says, "For I know that in my flesh dwells no good thing" (Rom VII, 18); signifying that the good of our salva…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1097…father yet did not go since every man is a liar and to will is present with me but how to perform i find not shows one and the same father c but also the parable…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…paul directing his words against the creator said these things which follow for i know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing let them read the things that were said before…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1083…that dwells in me for i know that there does not dwell in me that is in my flesh good for to will is present with me but to perform what is good i do not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1085…in us now says because that which is good does not dwell in me that is in my flesh but if that which is good does not dwell in his flesh how does he say that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1087…do it but sin that dwells in me for there dwells not in me that is in my flesh any good for christ does not yet dwell in him nor is his body the temple of…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:303…no longer i that work it but sin that dwells in me for i know that in me that is in my flesh dwells no good thing properly said for you remember as we determined above…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1163…justified for he knows that to will to depart from sin c is present with me but how to bring it about i do not know he will show pity and will deliver me from it…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:743…a is no good thing for to will is present with me but to perform that which is good i find not rom vii h rule…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1111…he says at one time for i know that there dwelleth not in me that is in my flesh good declaring that to will is present with me but how to perform that which is good…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1171…no longer i that work it but sin that dwells in me for i know that in me that is in my flesh there does not dwell good rightly said for i think you remember what…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:681…as the apostle said for i know that there does not dwell in me that is in my flesh any good because of the things which sprout forth from the flesh and that he might ward…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:165…lesh that he sinned, having taken the flesh. For I know, the Apostle says, that there does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, any good thing [Romans 7:18]. But who will be so reckless as to assert that because the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:509…longer do i do it but the sin that dwells in me for i know that in me that is in my flesh there does not dwell good here those who calumniate the flesh and alienate…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:811…they not hence from your concupiscences which war in your members vii for to will is present with me but to accomplish that which is good i find not to will he says is present with…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:817…perform it may not perhaps be present to us for he says to will is present with me but to perform what is good is not because sin and the law of the flesh which draws…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:637…under sin for that which i do i know not and again for i know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing for to will is present with me but how…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:827…again confirm subjoining and appending to these things which i have related for i know that in me that is in my flesh there does not dwell good for to will is present with me but…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1223…pleasures as when paul says for i know that there dwells not in me that is in my flesh good but often it also refers to man as david also said to you all flesh shall…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:125…this action in itself for i know that there does not dwell in me that is in my flesh good he refers to the mastery of the passions which indeed the mortal state of the body…
Diadochus of Photice c. 400 – c. 486PG 65:1199…l and deceitful demons are allowed to be hidden in the body of those who struggle (for I know, he says, that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh [Rom. vii, 18], that is, in those who are, as it were…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:495…i do not approve vers for i know that there dwelleth not in me that is in my flesh good for to will is present with me he is not accusing the body but showing the…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:43…done evil before thee that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest i know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing why are we admonished to renounce satan but not in…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1271…you judge question ccxxxix what is that that which does not dwell in me that is in my flesh is good question ccxl on the end of life question ccxli what means that you are of…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:817…again led away captive by our passions hence paul also cried out i know that in me that is in my flesh there dwells no good for to will is present with me and what follows…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1119…concupiscence ever sprouting up might not also be immortal whence the apostle for i know that in me that is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thing by which he wishes to declare that sin…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:459…things in which i sin and anything else of this kind then for to will is present with me not entirely he says have i departed from my own self so as not even to know…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:461…to the law impossible h i know that there does not dwell in me that is in my flesh any good for to will is present with me but to perform what is good i do…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:427…longer i who work it but the sin that dwells in me for i know that in me that is in my flesh there does not dwell any good he did not say d that the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:429…demonstrating the excellence of the artisan by means of the instrument vers for to will is present with me but to perform what is good i do not find for the good that i will i…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1103C…ays, "under sin" (Rom. vii, 14); and one who is sold is not a slave by nature. And again: "I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, there does not dwell good" (Rom. vii, 18). You see that he does not call the fle…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:813…unwillingly i am often led to the performance of evil and again for i know that in me that is in my flesh there dwells no good for i know he says that insofar as it…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:401D…atal. Christi: "Between greatness and lowliness." See Theoph. lib. II Contra Autolycum. Vers. 5, Dabid. Psal. CXXXII, 20. Vers. 37, "For I know that not." Rom. VII, 18. Vers. 3, a fin. basanistēn. Matth. V…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…et, quæst. 3 in Genesis. Page 916, verse 3, "thoughts both." II Cor. X, 5. Rom. VI, 15. Verse 19, "and why." See above, 909, verse 44. Verse 22, "for I know." Rom. VII, 18. Verse 26, "new shoots." Verse 28, I. S…
19Rom 7:19
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1111…me but how to perform that which is good i find not for the good that i would i do not but the evil which i would not that i do now if i do that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:663C…y, we have included this discourse: CONCERNING THE SAYING OF THE APOSTLE, "FOR THE GOOD THAT I WOULD, I DO NOT; BUT THE EVIL THAT I WOULD NOT, THAT I DO" (Rom. 7. 19): AND HOW JACOB WAS A TYPE OF CHRIST. A…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:769…. 9:16). 713-714 ADMONITION to the following oration. 713-714 ORATION on the saying of the Apostle: "Not what I will, I do, but what I do not want, this I do" (Rom. 7:19): and how Jacob was a type of Christ. I…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:773B…9:16). 653-664 Monitum on the following oration. 663-664 Oration on the text: "For the good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do" (Rom. 7:19); and how Jacob was a figure of Christ.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1349…Jac. Gretserus, lib. II, De cruce, Ingolst. 1602, 4. II, 407. — Montf. II, 411. Savil. V, 567. Duc. V, 438. "Praise the Lord from the heavens." On the passage Rom. VII, 19: "The good that I would, I do not." Unc…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1301…human wills looks toward pleasure the all wise paul will confirm writing for the good that i would i do not but the evil which i would not that i do for i delight in the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:637…me but how to perform that which is good i find not for the good that i would i do not but the evil which i would not that i do now if i do that…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1041…changed by death. Lat. vers. jacturam, as if it were apobolen. metabolen pragmaton, I, 1054: the times of the New Testament. III, 88. Described by Paul, Rom. vii, 19 seq. III, 396, in the other life, which…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1621…to sin sinned by force as the apostle says in our person for the good that i would i do not but the evil which i would not that i do c iv god having therefore…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…a but rather a certain injurious act and treachery of sin for the good that i would i do not but the evil which i would not that i do now if i do that…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1117A…l, but also in our actual performing of it—using the text: "For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing" (Rom. VII, 19)—we would ask him, if he truly speaks a…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1117A…ood. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature" (Rom. VII, 19, 20), speaking rightly [as the divine ⟦…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:461…with me but to perform what is good i do not find for the good that i would i do not do but the evil that i would not that i do now if i do…
20Rom 7:20
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…that were said before and those that follow for he said before but sin that dwelleth in me on account of which it was consistent to say that in my flesh dwelleth no good thing consequently…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:741…not i consent unto the law that it is good now then it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me for i know that in me d…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1111…do not but the evil which i would not that i do now if i do that i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me and at…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:811…sick almost against their will it befits to say again now then it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me c vii but if that which i will not i…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:813…one who is prevailing therefore he says but if i do what i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me vii i find then a law that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:637…do not but the evil which i would not that i do now if i do that i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me d if…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…do not but the evil which i would not that i do now if i do that i would not it is no more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me elucidation of…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1031…finds the resolution difficult and not without great labor therefore he says it is no more i that do it that is i recognize that this work is not mine for how could i perform it…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:461…that i would not that i do now if i do what i would not it is no more i that do it but the sin that dwells in me he wishes to show the freedom…
21Rom 7:21
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:813…more i that do it but sin that dwelleth in me vii i find then a law that when i would do good evil is present with me b observe again how wisely and skillfully cod…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…but sin that dwelleth in me elucidation of what has been said i find then a law that when i would do good evil is present with me after the good the word advocate must be…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:461…a certain habit of sin for vehement custom becomes equal to nature i find then a law that to me who would do good evil is present i am delighted…
22Rom 7:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:65…yet that which is within is renewed day by day and again for i delight in the law of god according to the inward man and how many similar things does he write whence i think…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:971…of faith he introduces besides also other laws of which he says for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1087…when i wish to do good that evil is present with me for i delight in the law of god according to the inner man and concerning these as we have often reminded in previous parts…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:305B…my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom. vii, 22-24). He is not declaring the body [itself]…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:997…and with us too the divine word teaches similar things saying b i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1111…do it but sin that dwelleth in me and at another time i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1173C…my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom. vii, 22-24). Where he does not declare the body to…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:475…spirit and free from the law of the flesh of sin therefore i delight in the law of god according to the inward man christ is within us if indeed he dwells in us but he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:287A…these not having the law, are a law to themselves: who show the work of the law written in their hearts (Rom. II, 14, 15), and he speaks of the inward man (Rom. VII, 22). There are also commandments that are…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:665…would that i do not but what i hate that i do i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:771D…I delight," he says, "in the law according to the inward man: but I see another law, warring against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin" (Rom. 7:22-23). These—he says—I have under me; and I…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:817…rejoicing in their own defeat and this is perhaps what paul says i delight in the law of god according…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1091…hence the most sacred paul complains much about the carnal motions saying for i delight in the law of god according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1301…do not but the evil which i would not that i do for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1501…i do not but the evil that i hate that i practice for i delight in the law of god according to the inward man but i see another law warring against the law of my…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:813…able to supply sound judgment and makes us stronger than evil vii for i delight in the law of god after the inward man as i have already said the mind thirsts for that which is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:599…says that the law is spiritual and after a little he adds i delight in the law of god according to the inner man and again for the law of the spirit of life in christ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:403C…at one time: "As the outward man is corrupted, so the inward is renewed" ⟦II Cor. IV, 16.⟧, and at another: "I delight in the law of God after the inward man" ⟦Rom. VII, 22.⟧, and again: "That Christ may dwell in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:639…the all wise paul also declares this resistance to be intolerable saying for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1095…c permitted to doubt for christ speaks in him he says therefore i delight in the law of god according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:501…the blessed paul also points out clearly in a certain place crying i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:639…of wills in us will be witnessed by the divine paul saying i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law warring against the law of my mind and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:125…shows more clearly the battle c between the mind and the passions for i delight in the law of god according to the inward man by inward man he means the mind but i see another…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1685…of us to me and to it as the same thing verse for i delight in the law of god according to the inward man c for i delight he says in the law of god…
Diadochus of Photice c. 400 – c. 486PG 65:1197…he brings forth this discourse from the knowledge of how to struggle i delight in the law of god according to the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:547B…. What, then, of this: I see another law in my members fighting against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin, which is in my members? (Rom. vii, 22-23) Ch. Since it pleases you to exami…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:987A…oks worthy of pardon, if they say they have made the dishes salty, because they have an abundance of salt?" SERMON LXII. Concerning habit and custom. Rom. vii, 22. — I delight in the law of God after th…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…he says that sin also presses upon him inciting him toward evil for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:155C…d" (Rom. vii, 3). And elsewhere: "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal" (Rom. vii, 14). And again: "Delight in the law after the inward man" (Rom. vii, 22). He continues: "So then I myself with…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1119…he says therefore the very words of the apostle declare this saying for i delight in the law of god according to the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:465…very thing how the law is in conformity and how evil attacks for i delight in the law of god thus according to this it is in conformity with me and in a certain way gives…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:469…he says it has reached my will which he spoke of above for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but with the flesh i serve the law of sin for sin…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:429…he does which will also become clear in the following verses vers for i delight in the law of god according to the inward d man but i see another law in my members warring against…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:733…who acts and speaks in christ jesus for i delight he says in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members and so forth and he makes it…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…"new shoots." Verse 28, I. S. "new shoots." "by inspiration," I. Verse 33, "in the law indeed." "For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man," Rom. VII, 22. Verse 45, "to war against." Rom. VII,…
23Rom 7:23
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…that do it but sin that dwelleth in me which he says bringing me into captivity to the law of god and of my mind d it brings me into captivity to the law of sin…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:683…an adversary c and paul called it the law dwelling in his members warring against the law of my mind and the savior counsels to bind and plunder the vessels of this strong one who wages…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:321A…said that which he says: 'But I see another law in my members, resisting the law of my mind, and leading me captive in the law of sin which is in my members' (Rom. VII, 23). If, however, anyone objects to them t…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:325…one who shed the blood and as for what the apostle says but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind they interpret this as if he had said that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:213…he does not destroy the law which is in my members fighting against the law of my mind and leads me captive…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:999…if there is no longer another law in my members which wars against the law of my mind and leads me captive into the law of sin if all things that are within me are perfect…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:971…for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity in the law of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1085…i see another law in my members fighting against the law of my mind and leading me captive in the law of sin which…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1087…of god that is in the virtues according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and leading me captive in the law of sin…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:305…delight he says in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:997…b i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and again their thoughts the mean while accusing or…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1119…the same [Apostle] says: "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin" [Rom. vii, 23]. How, then, will he be an image of the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:79…he says in the law of god according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:797B…erprets, saying: I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members (Rom. vii, 23). When, therefore, this civil war was s…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1111…time i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1155C…lice and wickedness" (1 Cor. v, 7), urging that it be utterly destroyed by us, and sometimes a "law warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive" (Rom. vii, 23). For if he were saying that the flesh…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1173…of god according to the inward man but i see another law warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:115…warring in my members and bringing me into captivity in my mind to the law of sin which is in my members how then being brought into captivity will it be in the image because it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:595…an unceasing war and paul describing this says in some such way but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:597…an unceasing war and describing this paul says in a certain place but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:665…do i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:511…the defeat received when he says but i see another law fighting against the law of my mind and taking me captive for he did not say simply conquering but taking me captive to the law…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:771…the law according to the inward man but i see another law warring against the law of my mind and captivating me in the law of sin rom these he says i have under me and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:95B…e says, "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members" (Rom. VII, 23). And these have a kinship with those;…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:991…because he was moved spontaneously for he says i see another law warring against the law of my mind responsio in this manner those who do not rightly understand the other scriptures d…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:145…it the divine apostle is not speaking about himself when he says i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:173…the divine apostle does not judge the body to be death but the law of sin which is in the members of the body which through the transgression that was in adam is lurking within us…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:819…to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and a bringing me into captivity to the law…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1101…ond this age, having conquered the war in your body that battles against the law of your mind and makes you captive to the law of sin which is in your members (Rom. vii. 23). Great is the bond of peace, in which…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:931…of god according to the inner man but i see another law warring against the law of my mind b partly indeed because the princes of this age always multiply wars and battles against them and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1091…i delight in the law of god according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and captivating me in the law of sin which…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1301…for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1501…of god according to the inward man but i see another law warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members therefore it…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:571…least gain some other spiritual gift or finally that they may mortify the law of sin which is in the members of the flesh you do not know this way o pharisee for you have not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:697B…ns. Then, in addition to this, the law of congenital love of pleasure lurks in the members of the flesh, warring against the law of our mind, as it is written [Rom. vii, 23]. Moreover, there are the heretics who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1273…adam the curse of corruption has fallen upon us through which also the law of sin which is in the members of the flesh has crept in but we have become heavenly having obtained this in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:639…for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1095…i delight in the law of god according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:233C…pleasure. For in this way, the sin that was in it could be mortified. We remember also that the blessed Paul called "the law of sin" the movement innate in us (Rom. vii, 23). Therefore, since human flesh has beco…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:501…crying i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:639…law of god after the inward man but i see another law warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1425…d, saying: "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members" (Rom. vii, 23). How is it that the one who was r…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:921…said concerning the world the world is set in malignity and paul i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and again but i am carnal sold under sin and…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:997…by the passions of the flesh according to what paul said for i see another law in my members fighting against the law of my mind and captivating me in the law of sin which is…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:125…according to the inward man by inward man he means the mind but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1685…part within us and i rejoice and am glad in its commandments but i see another law in my members warring against this one and forcibly dragging me off as if i were its captive and…
Diadochus of Photice c. 400 – c. 486PG 65:1197…i delight in the law of god according to the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2597…present prophecy also says paul also says but i see another law warring against the law of my mind consequently according to this it is these desires to which we are prone that we ought to…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:547…destruction of the death of the body m what then of this i see another law in my members fighting against the law of my mind and taking me captive in the law of sin which…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:987…vii i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…for i delight in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1119…i delight in the law of god according to the inward man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:463…a with the law of god according to the inner man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:465…law of my mind the fourth is that about which he says the law of sin which is in my members of these the first is the evangelical teaching entering from outside through preaching and ordering…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:633…sufficient to confirm the statement who thus says i see another law warring against the law of my mind which is in me the law therefore or the old commandment the greeks also received with nature…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:871…governing mind to choose what is better but the law of sin warring against the law of my mind and holding me as it were in certain iron shackles kept me captive through the attachment to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:429…delight in the law of god according to the inward d man but i see another law in my members warring against the law of m…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:431…my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members a i knew the good even before…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:21B…ideas are called the natural law, Paul is sufficient to confirm the argument, saying: I see another law fighting against the law of my mind, which is in me (Rom. vii, 23). The Gentiles, therefore, also receive…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:103…desire and anger prevail over that beautiful knowledge for the apostle said i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and d bringing me into captivity to the law of…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:733…delight he says in the law of god after the inward man but i see another law in my members and so forth and he makes it yet more manifest what he says bringing into captivity…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:961…outer man then revealing the contrariety between them he says i perceive another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and locking me up under the law of sin now the arguments…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1347…outer man then also setting forth the antithesis of these he says i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:225…to defeat us and had proved this by these words of paul i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind etc he says that for this reason christ assumed our…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:741…the flesh as an instrument against us and knowing this paul says but i see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity and so forth by…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…." "by inspiration," I. Verse 33, "in the law indeed." "For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man," Rom. VII, 22. Verse 45, "to war against." Rom. VII, 23. Verse 47, skirōsanta. So all manuscr…
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Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:373…and on account of this he says paul announcing human infirmity says wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death then he introduces the deliverer the grace of jesus…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:943D…signifying that the good of our salvation is not from us, but from God. And again: "Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom VII, 24). Then he brings in the deliverer: "The…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1121B…t seeks to be by itself." Does this not agree with the divine Apostle who says, "Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom. VII, 24), unless one says that he speaks metaph…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1175…into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death and again on the other hand for he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:565B…n or pulling aside, to lay down the "body of humiliation" (Phil. III, 21), when time permits, through what is considered death, to put off the "body of death" (Rom. VII, 24), and for the one who has prayed aposto…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1493…brought me into the dust of death d to which corresponds also who shall deliver me from the body of this death it has been said also who shall transform the body of our humiliation it…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1597D…m God; which humiliation of the body those who understand it cry out, saying: "Miserable man that I am, who will set me free from the body of this death?" (Rom. 7:24). Nor indeed is the body...…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1793…christ paul cries out longing to be delivered from the body saying wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death a these are the three things that i ask…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1859…and is itself the cause of all evils concerning which he says wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death a how is the body a prison of the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1009…go out of your mouth see what is said by the apostle wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death it is fitting for this to be said by…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1239…of affliction and sighing might be made manifest thus paul having said wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death adds i thank god through jesus christ for he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:231…say woe is me and near to this the apostle also says wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death it is blessed therefore to confess myself miserable if…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1285…he is clothed in the body of death and says who will deliver me from the body of this death and sitting in the region and shadow of death and not yet having arrived at the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1333…were in the body of humility so as to say at times wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death but men who in comparison with angels were the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:631…will say this calling c himself miserable because he perished in adam wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death seeing also in what manner it has been said…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:667…the dust of death thou hast brought me down and by paul who shall deliver me from the body of this death he will also see in what way as long as the word was kept…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1045…conceived me but the apostle himself in other places says who will deliver me from the body of this death and again he calls our body the body of humility but concerning the savior he says…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1085…me captive in the law of sin which is in my members wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death the grace of god through jesus christ our lord…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1089…an exclamation from the person of him whom he described and says wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death he sees himself as wretched within whom so many…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:903…), from Psalm 119:5: "Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar; my soul has been a long wanderer"; from Romans 7:24: "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the b…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:305…into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death rom vii he is not declaring the body…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:577…the extension of the mortal life for which reason he lamented saying wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death he is also overwhelmed and distressed out of love…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:763…chains groan supplicating to be loosed from their bonds wherefore they say wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death those therefore who are burdened by the corruptible body…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:947…we who are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened and again wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death such were the prophets of god and all who…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:495…be a body of death such as paul declared in these words who shall deliver me from the body of this death d…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1099…punishment for david says bring my soul out of prison and paul wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death and job incessantly prays for death no longer bearing…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:425…the sin hidden in his own mind for the prophet said verse o wretched man that i am for i am pricked for because i am a man and have unclean lips and i dwell in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1569…then we fully desire and confess what was said by the apostle wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ our lord who…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:457…that the body of sin may be destroyed and again who will deliver me from the body of this death b similarly on the other hand the soul that believes in god and has been rescued…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1213…therefore for those who hear the verses now before us to say wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death to which saying he immediately and confidently adds i…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1173…into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death rom vii where he does not declare the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:595…sin in the flesh and giving thanks for these things paul said o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ for this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:597…sin in the flesh and giving thanks for these things paul said o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ for this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:671C…t, yet because we live in the world, over which the devil reigns, we are defiled. Therefore also Paul said: Who will deliver me from the body of this death? (Rom. 7. 24)? For this body is a body of death, bec…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:671A…rds, when he had provided many proofs of the slavery introduced by force, he added: "Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom. 7. 24). Do you see how he introduced man, as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:511…of help through hesitation he indicates the power of christ and says wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death the law could not conscience did not avail even…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:513A…d the Father, and attributing all things from us to the Trinity, so he operates here too. For when he said, Who will deliver me from the body of this death? [Rom. 7:24], he showed the Father doing this throu…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:993…christ which is given through baptism sin can be overcome by saying wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death b after this he adds i thank god through…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:173…out to be gods d h ccxlix to aelianus the lector h wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death the divine apostle does not judge the body to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1091…captivating me in the law of sin which is in my members o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death thanks be to god through jesus christ our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:133…just as paul also names the body in this way saying 'who shall deliver me from the body of this death ' if he says the soul commits iniquity before the humbling and comes into the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1095…and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin and again wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death thanks be to god through jesus christ our lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:639…into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death b there is therefore a double not a…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:801…soul the response of an intellectual death he can say who will deliver me from the body of this death for i am forced even against my will to be subject to the laws of the…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:817…as the blessed paul says unhappy man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death he advancing toward the true life justly deems sensible death worthy of being embraced as it…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1261…assumed misery while he bore the person of the man who says wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death now his acquaintances as i said were those of…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1531…humility the life of god in the flesh whence the apostle says who shall deliver me from the body of this death for it is not subject to the law of god but showing that to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:127…that the law is unable to provide help and says b vers wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death i thank my god through jesus christ our lord…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2651…will no longer be called the body of death according to that who shall deliver me from the body of this death the garment of salvation will be put upon the soul and the tunic of…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:547B…re called flesh by the Apostle, are another. M. Is that not the Apostle's saying: Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Rom. vii, 24) Ch. It is indeed the Apostle's, and i…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:885…flesh of mine both enemy and friend blessed paul called death saying who shall deliver me from the body of this death another theologian calls it impassioned servile and nocturnal but for whose sake or for…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1639…weakening and suppressing this pride of ours says in his epistle miserable man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death again we are made as the filth of the world…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…because of the great slavery of those who are subjected to them o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ our lord…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1119…into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death not calling the body death but the law…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:467…a king s house the house is not therefore the cause vii wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ our lord so…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1017…might be swallowed up of life' ii cor v and again 'o wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death ' rom vii and in another place 'having a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:431…evil which through habit has hardened within us like a callus vers wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death the natural law did not suffice the written law…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1087…is me that my sojourning is prolonged and the words of paul wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death and when satan transforming himself into an angel of…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:385…is rather to be called death concerning which the apostle was saying who shall deliver me from the body of this death calling the body death or rather the life in the body who loves to…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:1165…of the present life cried out thus o unhappy man who will deliver me from the body of this death i live now not i but christ lives in me i desire to be dissolved and…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1103C…speech and life that are heavenly are of the earth. For although the Apostle calls the body death, saying: "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death" (Rom. vii, 24)?—yet he speaks of the material and cor…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:373…now but in death for this reason the apostle also prayed saying who shall deliver me from the body of this death but there is another life to which the word calls us and while our…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:385…whole of life death because the apostle called this flesh death saying who shall deliver me from the body of this death those who make ill use of this body providing it for the service of…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:191…accord begged for the end of his stewardship saying in one place wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death and again but for me it is good to…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:51…a captive of its own chariot and being dragged it cries out wretched man that i am who will deliver me from the body of this death for having betrayed its sovereignty through sloth it becomes…
John of Carpathus fl. 7th centuryPG 85:1849…death in his own soul so that he is forced to say who shall deliver me from the body of this death for i am compelled unwillingly to submit to the laws of the adversary lxv…
Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1429…their opposites this is not clear but he who says who will deliver me from the body of this death b does he fear to be delivered from what is needed for the learning of divine…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:253…flesh and the wisdom of the flesh is enmity against god and who shall deliver me from the body of this death and for flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of god and those…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…ropy, page 483, instead of speirontai, I would prefer to read skirrhountai with the manuscript of Augsburg. Verse 3, from end, "he prays to be delivered," Rom. VII, 24. Verse alt., "hidden." Psalm XVIII, 13.…
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Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:943D…retched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom VII, 24). Then he brings in the deliverer: "The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom VII, 25). This also Isaiah says: "Be strengthen…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:565B…eing that, through this discourse, he has been delivered from the body of death, he will holily exclaim that: "The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. VII, 25). But if such a thing seems difficult t…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1869…understood but that this mortal body is moving toward life and again so then with the mind i myself serve the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin there is b therefore…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1089…not now from that person but by apostolic authority the grace of god through jesus christ our lord whence it appears that for this reason the apostle described all these things and set forth the evils…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:549…he himself giving thanks said so then i myself with the mind serve the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1569…i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ our lord who said this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:695A…the Apostle testifies, saying of the mind of the soul in this way: "Therefore I myself with the mind serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin" (Rom. 7. 25). But of the mind of the body [he says]…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:513A…hem again of their former condition. For when he had previously said, So then I myself with the mind serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin [Rom. 7:25], he then introduced: There is therefo…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:993…me from the body of this death b after this he adds i thank god through jesus christ our lord because the law of the spirit of life set me free from the law of sin…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:813…law of the mind its inclination and will toward the good vii so then with the mind i myself serve the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin cod f a long…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:815…divine paul says that with the mind he obeys the divine law but with the flesh the law of sin and this i think is what he meant when he said to will lies close to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:601…one another then having gone a little further he adds so then i myself serve the law of god with my mind but with my flesh i serve the law of sin he calls the movements…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1297…the epistle to the romans i myself therefore serve with the mind the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin there is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in christ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:641…mortification for he says again so then i myself with the mind serve the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:127…will deliver me from the body of this death i thank my god through jesus christ our lord he calls it the body of death because it has become subject to death that is it is…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1687…with acts of thanksgiving and hymns he proceeds saying thanks be to god through jesus christ our lord that is thanks to the merciful god who has granted us immortality c incorruption and impassibility through the…
Diadochus of Photice c. 400 – c. 486PG 65:1199…s not a common dwelling for God and the devil: otherwise, how would it be said: I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh the law of sin [Rom. vii, 25], unless my mind stood with all liberty…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:497…i am who shall deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ our lord so then with the mind i myself serve the law of god but with the flesh…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:155C…elight in the law after the inward man" (Rom. vii, 22). He continues: "So then I myself with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin" (Rom. vii, 25). "For the flesh lusteth against th…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:467…i am who will deliver me from the body of this death i thank god through jesus christ our lord so then i myself serve the law of god with my mind but with my flesh…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:431…as they could have rightly accomplished even while sin was reigning vers i thank god through jesus christ our lord since he was reduced to straits and found no other to save him he necessarily found…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:433…pledge he resists sin courageously h chapter viii h a so then i myself serve the law of god with my mind but with my flesh i serve the law of sin there is therefore now…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:693…same apostle giving thanks said so then i myself with the mind serve the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1221…the inner man and again so then i myself with the mind serve the law of god but with the flesh the law of sin and the rest so the law he says is holy and…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1103C…You see that he does not call the flesh, but that which dwells in it, evil. This law, therefore, which is in our members and wars against the law of our mind (Rom. vii, 25), to dwell in our body is evil, but not…