Romans 7

“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of…” The line’s distinctive content terms include dead, delivered, held. Its relationship to verses 5 and 7 shows what work it does in this passage.

“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was…” The line’s distinctive content terms include commandment, concupiscence, dead. Its relationship to verses 9 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.” The line’s distinctive content terms include commandment, death, life. Its relationship to verses 9 and 11 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.” The line’s distinctive content terms include consent, good. Its relationship to verses 15 and 17 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dwelleth. Its relationship to verses 16 and 18 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dwelleth. Its relationship to verses 19 and 21 shows what work it does in this passage.

“I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.” The line’s distinctive content terms include evil, find, good. Its relationship to verses 20 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of…” The line’s distinctive content terms include members, bringing, captivity. Its relationship to verses 22 and 24 shows what work it does in this passage.

“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the…” Naming Christ keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.