Romans 7:6
What is written? (ESV)
But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
What does it say?
But now we have been freed from the law [of Moses] since we died to what was holding us captive, and we’ve turned to serve in the new way of the Spirit instead of the old way of the written code.
What is its immediate context?
Paul is making the broader point of the richness and fullness of God’s grace toward sinful man (chap 5) before turning to man’s response to God’s saving grace (chap 6) and a series of rhetorical questions (through chap 7):
- 6:1 – “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means!”
- 6:15 – “Are we to sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!” (where these verses fit to support his argument)
- 7:7 – “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means!”
How Romans 7:6 is applied across Bible answers
Is instrumental music in worship authorized?
The "old way" has been replaced with a "new way of the Spirit".
When did the New Covenant begin?
Jews who turned to Christ were "released from the law". It was the "old way" but they were now serving in a "new way".
