Teks -- Romans 7:12 (NET)

7:12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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Robertson: Rom 7:12 - Holy, and righteous, and good

Holy, and righteous, and good ( hagia kai dikaia kai agathē ).

This is the conclusion (wherefore, hōste ) to the query in Rom 7:7. The commandment is God’ s and so holy like Him, just in its requirements and designed for our good. The modern revolt against law needs these words.

Vincent: Rom 7:12 - Holy, just, good

Holy, just, good

Holy as God's revelation of Himself; just (Rev., righteous ) in its requirements, which correspond to God's holiness; good , salutary, because of its end.

Wesley: Rom 7:12 - The commandment

That is, every branch of the law. Is holy, and just, and good - It springs from, and partakes of, the holy nature of God; it is every way just and right in itself; it is designed wholly for the good of man.

JFB: Rom 7:12-13 - Wherefore

"So that."

JFB: Rom 7:12-13 - the law is

"is indeed"

JFB: Rom 7:12-13 - good, and the commandment

That one so often referred to, which forbids all lusting.

holy, and just, and good.

Clarke: Rom 7:12 - Wherefore the law is holy

Wherefore the law is holy - As if he had said, to soothe his countrymen, to whom he had been showing the absolute insufficiency of the law either to justify or save from sin: I do not intimate that there is any thing improper or imperfect in the law as a rule of life: it prescribes what is holy, just, and good; for it comes from a holy, just, and good God. The Law, which is to regulate the whole of the outward conduct, is holy; and the Commandment, Thou shalt not covet, which is to regulate the heart, is not less so. All is excellent and pure; but it neither pardons sin nor purifies the heart; and it is because it is holy, just, and good, that it condemns transgressors to death.

Calvin: Rom 7:12 - So then the law is indeed holy

12.So then the law is indeed holy, etc. Some think that the words law and commandment is a repetition of the same thing; with whom I agree; ²¹⁶ and I consider that there is a peculiar force in the words, when he says, that the law itself and whatever is commanded in the law, is holy, and therefore to be regarded with the highest reverence, — that it is just, and cannot therefore be charged with anything wrong, — that it is good, and hence pure and free from everything that can do harm. He thus defends the law against every charge of blame, that no one should ascribe to it what is contrary to goodness, justice, and holiness.

Defender: Rom 7:12 - law is holy

God's law is perfect (Psa 19:7) and believers should honor it as representing perfectly the holiness and justice of God. But as sinners condemned by the law, our need is not justice but grace and mercy."

TSK: Rom 7:12 - the law // the commandment

the law : Rom 7:14, Rom 3:31, Rom 12:2; Deu 4:8, Deu 10:12; Neh 9:13; Psa 19:7-12, Psa 119:38, Psa 119:86, Psa 119:127, Psa 119:137; Psa 119:140,Psa 119:172; 1Ti 1:8

the commandment : Rom 7:7

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Poole: Rom 7:12 - Wherefore the law is holy // The law // The commandment // Holy, and just, and good

Wherefore the law is holy and so the objection, Rom 7:7 , was a groundless objection: for though the law were the occasion of sin, or were made advantage of by sin, as Rom 7:8 , yet it was not the cause of it; that, on all hands, is acknowledged to be holy, &c.

The law the law in all the branches of it.

The commandment particularly the preceptire part of the law, and every particular precept.

Holy, and just, and good: the three epithets here given the law of God may be thus distinguished; it is holy in respect of the ceremonial part, it is just in respect of the judicial part, and good in respect of the moral part of it. Or else the law is holy, as it teacheth us our duty unto God; just, as it showeth us our duty to our neighbour; good, in regard of the effect and end, as it works goodness in the observer thereof, and is conducive to his temporal and eternal good.

Gill: Rom 7:12 - Therefore the law is holy // the commandment // holy // just // good

Therefore the law is holy,.... This is a conclusion or inference drawn from the preceding discourse, in commendation of the law; that standing clear of any charge or imputation of sin, as being the cause of it. This epithet the apostle gives to the law is what the Jews frequently give it; worthy are the Israelites, say they ^h,

"to whom is given אורייתא קדישא "the holy law"; in which they study day and night.''

By "the law" is meant the whole body of the precepts of it in general; and by

the commandment, either the same, or everyone of the commandments in particular, and especially that which is cited, "thou shall not covet". Some have thought that the three properties of it design the threefold division of the law; and suppose that by that which is "holy" is meant the ceremonial law, which sanctified to the purifying of the flesh; by that which is "just", the judicial law, which pointed out to the Jewish commonwealth what was right and wrong; and by that which is "good", the moral law in all its precepts: but nothing is more certain, than that the moral law is only spoken of in this context, which may be said to be

holy, because of its author, the holy God, from whom nothing can come but what is holy; and because of the matter of it, it is a transcript of the holy nature of God, a declaration of his holy will; it requires holiness both of heart and life; it forbids whatever is unholy, and commands nothing but what is holy; it teaches men to live holy, sober, righteous, and godly lives. It may be truly called

just, or righteous, as it demands perfect obedience to all its precepts, or it will not admit of it as a righteousness; as it pronounces guilty, curses and condemns for every disobedience of it; as it deals impartially with persons the transgressors of it; and as it acquits believers upon the foot of the righteousness of Christ, the fulfilling end of it. It is rightly called

good, from the author of it, God, from whom every good thing comes, and nothing else; from the matter of it, and from the use of it both to saints and sinners.