Chiasm in Rom 7:1-6
There’s a fairly neat chiasm in the first part of Rom 7:
a. law rules while one lives b. woman bound while husband lives; if husband dies, freed (KATARGEO) c. while husband lives: adulteress d. if husband dies: joined to another without adultery e. you died through Christ, through body of Christ d’. joined to another to bear fruit c’. in flesh: passions operated to bring forth fruit to death b’. liberated from law, KATARGEO a’. serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of letter
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute. He is the author of numerous books on theology, literature, and culture, including Theopolitan, Defending Constantine, and Baptized Body.
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