“A great light shines (9:2–7) This oracle of salvation is clearly the climax of the whole movement from darkness to light in 8:1–9:7. At the same time it represents the final reversal of the situation in chapter 7 where the Davidic house, represented by Ahaz, was rejected. The logical structure is signalled by the threefold ‘for’ of verses 4, 5 and 6 (rsv). The rejoicing of verse 3 is occasioned by…keep reading

Romans 7:1–6 “Among other arguments used in the foregoing chapter to persuade us against sin, and to holiness, this was one (v. 14), that we are not under the law; and this argument is here further insisted upon and explained (v. 6): We are delivered from the law. What is meant by this? And how is it an argument why sin should not reign over us, and why we should walk in…keep reading

Romans 6 “The apostle having at large asserted, opened, and proved, the great doctrine of justification by faith, for fear lest any should suck poison out of that sweet flower, and turn that grace of God into wantonness and licentiousness, he, with a like zeal, copiousness of expression, and cogency of argument, presses the absolute necessity of sanctification and a holy life, as the inseparable fruit and…keep reading