Paul restates his point from verses nine and ten again here in verse eleven. We talk about how our fallen human minds can't help but be "deceived" when given the opportunity.

Paul restates his point from verse nine but adds the irony of the situation--that a verse promising life produced death. We talk about backfiring laws.

Paul offers in verse nine a curious verse that has theological scholars debating its core meaning, a topic I am ill-suited to tackle. But I talk about Paul and his experiences in life.

Paul writes that there's a part of us that rebels and seeks perversity in the face of laws. We explore that through Augustine today.

Paul launches an explanation of the relationship between law and sin here in verse seven with the example of coveting, writing that he would not know what it is to covet without the law.

Paul concludes a major theme on sin, law, and our release from sin here in verse six by telling us that we have been released, and that we now serve in the new way of the Spirit.

Having talked about lives that bear fruit for God in verse four, Paul gives the opposite in verse five: lives consumed by our personal passions that bear fruit for death. We explore that concept.

Paul introduces his death-marriage analogy in verse four, writing that we are dead to our old ways and free to follow new ways in Jesus. And following new ways is meant to bear fruit.

Paul is setting up an analogy about how death changes one's legal status from adulterer to not, but we use the lead-in to talk about adultery in general.

Paul cites marriage as an example that the law of marriage exists during life but ceases at death. We use this example as an excuse to touch on marriage.