Rom 3:19, 7:14 | JFB | STEP | 19. Now we know that what . . . the law —that is, the Scriptures, considered as a law of duty. saith, it saith to them that are under the law —of course, therefore, to the Jews. that every mouth —opened in self-justification. may be stopped, and all the world may become —that is, be seen to be, and own itself. guilty

Romans 3:19

19. Now we know that what . . . the law—that is, the Scriptures, considered as a law of duty.

saith, it saith to them that are under the law—of course, therefore, to the Jews.

that every mouth—opened in self-justification.

may be stopped, and all the world may become—that is, be seen to be, and own itself.

guilty—and so condemned

before God.

Romans 7:14

14. For we know that the law is spiritual—in its demands.

but I am carnal—fleshly (see on Ro 7:5), and as such, incapable of yielding spiritual obedience.

sold under sin—enslaved to it. The "I" here, though of course not the regenerate, is neither the unregenerate, but the sinful principle of the renewed man, as is expressly stated in Ro 7:18.