Romans 7:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐθανατώθητε τῷ νόμῳ διὰ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ· εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς ἑτέρῳ, τῷ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγερθέντι, ἵνα καρποφορήσωμεν τῷ Θεῷ.

Transliteration

Hōste, adelphoi mou, also you ethanatōthēte tō nomō through the sōmatos tou Christou; unto the genesthai hymas heterō, to the one ek nekrōn egerthenti, so that we might karpophorēsōmen tō Theō.

Grammar Details

• *Hōste*: conjunction - therefore/so that
• *adelphoi mou*: vocative, masculine, plural - my brothers
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even/and
• *hymeis*: nominative, plural - you
• *ethanatōthēte*: aorist passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you were put to death
• *tō nomō*: dative, masculine, singular - to the law
• *dia*: preposition + genitive - through
• *tou sōmatos tou Christou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of the body of Christ
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - for/unto
• *to genesthai hymas*: articular infinitive with accusative subject - for you to belong
• *heterō*: dative, masculine, singular - to another
• *tō ek nekrōn egerthenti*: dative, masculine, singular, aorist passive participle - to the one raised from the dead
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *karpophorēsōmen*: aorist subjunctive active, 1st person plural - we might bear fruit
• *tō Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - to God

Word Meanings

• *ethanatōthēte*: you were put to death/you died/you were made dead
• *nomō*: law/Torah/legal system
• *sōmatos*: body/physical form
• *genesthai*: to become/to belong to/to be joined to
• *heterō*: another/a different one
• *egerthenti*: raised/resurrected
• *nekrōn*: dead ones/corpses
• *karpophorēsōmen*: we might bear fruit/produce fruit/be fruitful

Referenced Verses

• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
• Rom 7:6 : 6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
• Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
• Eph 2:15 : 15 having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, [so] making peace;
• Col 1:22 : 22 yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
• Col 2:14 : 14 having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
• Gal 5:18 : 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
• Col 2:20 : 20 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
• Heb 10:10 : 10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Rev 19:7 : 7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
• Rev 21:9 : 9 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
• Eph 5:23-27 : 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
• Col 1:6 : 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
• Col 1:10 : 10 to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• 1 Cor 10:16 : 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
• 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you [as] a pure virgin to Christ.
• Gal 2:19-20 : 19 For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
• Ps 45:10-16 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house: 11 So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; And reverence thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. 13 The king's daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold. 14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
• Hos 2:19-20 : 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.
• Matt 26:26 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
• John 3:29 : 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
• John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
• John 15:8 : 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
• Rom 6:2 : 2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
• Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isa 62:5 : 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.