ACC ~ Romans 7 v10

LAW, GIVEN FOR LIFE, TURNED OUT TO BRING DEATH. AMBROSIASTER: Man died when he realized that he was guilty before God when he had previously thought that he would not be held accountable for the sins which he committed. It is true that the law was given for life, but because it made man guilty, not only for the sins which he committed before the coming of the law but also for those which he committed afterward, the law which was given for life turned out to bring death instead. But as I have said, this was for the sinner, because for those who obeyed, it led to eternal life. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

CHRYSOSTOM: If death was the result, the fault lies with those who received the commandment and not with the law, which was leading them to life. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 12.

PROVED TO BE DEATH TO ME. [PSEUDO-] CONSTANTIUS: “Death” is what Paul calls the punishment which sin has brought on us by its deception, holding out to us temporal and earthly things as if they were good and persuading us to transgress the law, which promises eternal life to those who keep it. THE HOLY LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS.

PELAGIUS: Paul says that he died because then he transgressed knowingly. The commandment which would have led to life had it been kept in fact led to death, because it was disregarded. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THE SENTENCE OF DEATH UPON ADAM AND EVE. THEODORET OF CYR: As soon as God gave Adam and Eve the commandment concerning the trees, the devil came to Eve in the form of a serpent and lied to her. When she saw the beauty of the fruit she ate of it, being overcome by desire, and broke the commandment. Both she and Adam were immediately placed under sentence of death, for Adam too ate the fruit along with her.INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

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