What Does Romans 7:4 Mean in the King James?
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Death ends one bond, and belonging to the risen one becomes the source of fruit for God.
THE MEANING
Your bond to the law is ended through Christ’s body, and you belong to the one raised from the dead. In that union, life bears fruit toward God. The verse presents that fruit as growing from your bond with the risen one.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that fruit for God comes from remaining bound to the law; here, fruit follows belonging to the risen one.
THE ROOT
καρποφορέω
karpophoreō
GROWS FROM
καρπ-
karp-
Fruit; the yield borne from a living source.
“bring forth fruit” in this verse is karpophoreō. The Greek verb joins fruit (karpos) with bearing or carrying (phoreō): the image is fruit carried into being. In this verse, that yield follows a changed bond, to the one raised from the dead, so fruit is the outcome of belonging.
ALSO GROWS
karpos: Fruit, yield.
καρπός
The noun names the result that the new bond brings forth toward God.
karpophoreō: Bear or bring forth fruit.
καρποφορέω
This is the verse’s verb: fruit is borne through the new union.
akarpos: Fruitless, unfruitful.
ἄκαρπος
Its contrast makes the image clear: the verse describes a bond that bears fruit.
THE PATTERN
A life’s fruit grows from the source to which it is joined.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,THE THREAD
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.The word for “fruit” shares the karp- root with Romans 7:4. The grain’s death and the new bond with the risen one both show death opening into fruitfulness.
This reading is from Selah Verse.
You can read any verse this way in the app, keep it as a card, and send it on.
A Bible app where you send verses from your keyboard and in Messages, and every verse has a Deep Dive.
Does something in this reading look wrong? Tell us