Roma 7:1

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters ¹  (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person ²  as long as he lives?

Roma 8:27

8:27 And he ³  who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit ⁴  intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

[7:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[7:1]  ² sn Here person refers to a human being.

[8:27]  ³ sn He refers to God here; Paul has not specifically identified him for the sake of rhetorical power (for by leaving the subject slightly ambiguous, he draws his audience into seeing God’s hand in places where he is not explicitly mentioned).

[8:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.