Romans 7:1-6
1. What is the “law” in this setting?
2. Who or what is the “husband” we were married to? See Romans 6:7-8.
3. Who dies in order to produce freedom? See Galatians 2:19-20; Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3.
4. Who is the new husband? What is the purpose of this union? See 2 Corinthians 11:2; Galatians 5:22-26.
5. What is the “flesh” in this setting? See Genesis 6:3, 12 and Psalm 78:39; Galatians 5:19-21.
6. Some see in Romans 7:5-6 thesis statements for Romans 7-8. How and why might that be?
7. What joy or excitement comes to you from this text? What questions arise for you out of the reading of this text? What did you learn that was new to you, or a new way of looking at something? What does this text tell you about God and about yourself? About humans in general?
Other References
7:1 Romans 6:14
7:3 Matthew 5:32
7:4 Galatians 2:19; 5:18, 22; Colossians 2:14
7:5 Romans 5:21; 6:13; 8:6, 13; James 1:15
Flesh: Genesis 6:3, 12; Psalm 78:39
7:6 Romans 2:29; 6:4; 8:2