Romans 7:21 - “law”  (Greek: nomoV - nomos)

 

•        “Law” usually refers to a precept or rule of duty.

•        In the Bible, when the word is used with the definite article and no other qualifiers (i.e. “the law”) it almost always refers to the Law of Moses, the first and most detailed law given by God.

–      Romans 7:12 - So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.

–      Romans 7:14 - We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

–      Romans 7:16 - And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

•        The word translated “law” can also refer to a “principle, authority, or power”. It seems to have one or more of these meanings in 7:22-25.

–      Romans 7:21 - So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

–      Romans 7:23 - But I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.