Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Romans 7:5

There are 3 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 4, page 182, footnote 3 (Image)

Augustine: The Anti-Manichaean Writings, The Anti-Donatist Writings

Writings in Connection with the Manichæan Controversy. (HTML)

Reply to Faustus the Manichæan. (HTML)

Faustus quotes passages to show that the Apostle Paul abandoned belief in the incarnation, to which he earlier held.  Augustin shows that the apostle was consistent with himself in the utterances quoted. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 401 (In-Text, Margin)

... heavenly places, not in ourselves, but in Him. And to show that it is still future, in case it should be thought that what is spoken of as accomplished in hope has been accomplished in reality, he adds, "that He might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness towards us in Christ Jesus." So also we must understand the following passage: "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death."[Romans 7:5] He says, "when we were in the flesh," as if they were no longer in the flesh. He means to say, when we were in the hope of fleshly things, referring to the time when the law, which can be fulfilled only by spiritual love, was in force, in order that ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 22, footnote 8 (Image)

Basil: Letters and Select Works

De Spiritu Sancto. (HTML)

Reply to the suggested objection that we are baptized “into water.”  Also concerning baptism. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1019 (In-Text, Margin)

... dead, whereof baptism is a type. For this cause the Lord, who is the Dispenser of our life, gave us the covenant of baptism, containing a type of life and death, for the water fulfils the image of death, and the Spirit gives us the earnest of life. Hence it follows that the answer to our question why the water was associated with the Spirit is clear: the reason is because in baptism two ends were proposed; on the one hand, the destroying of the body of sin, that it may never bear fruit unto death;[Romans 7:5] on the other hand, our living unto the Spirit, and having our fruit in holiness; the water receiving the body as in a tomb figures death, while the Spirit pours in the quickening power, renewing our souls from the deadness of sin unto their original ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 376, footnote 12 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

Aphrahat:  Select Demonstrations. (HTML)

Of the Resurrection of the Dead. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 971 (In-Text, Margin)

5. But hear, my beloved, another word like this, which the Apostle has spoken. For he said:— The spiritual man judgeth everything, and he is judged by no one. And again he said:— They that are spiritual are spiritually minded, and they that are carnal are carnally minded. And again he said:— When we were in the flesh, the weaknesses of sins were working in our members that we might become fruit for death.[Romans 7:5] Again he said:— If the Spirit of Christ is in you, ye are spiritual. All these things the Apostle said, while he was clothed in the flesh but was doing the works of the Spirit. Thus also in the Resurrection of the dead, the righteous shall be changed, and the earthly form ...