Alive Apart From the Law

Romans 7:9

“I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.” -Romans 7:9

Continuing in his argument that the law give life to sin, Paul illustrates using a reversal of conditions. He was alive before the law but when it came on the scene, sin was brought to life, and in turn, he died.

Paul’s use of the “I” is illustrati…