G3361–μή–mē

And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.

μὴ mē “not”

For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.

μὴ mē “not”

Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.

μὴ mē “not”

No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?

μὴ mē “Never”

Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;

Μὴ Mē “Not”

Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!

μὴ mē “Never”

This accounts for the fact that if during her husband's life she lives with another man, she will be stigmatized as an adulteress; but that if her husband is dead she is no longer under the old prohibition, and even though she marries again, she is not

μὴ mē “not”

What follows? Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. For instance, I should not have known what covetousness is, if the Law had not repeatedly said,

μὴ mē “Never”μὴ mē “except”μὴ mē “except”

Did then a thing which is good become death to me? No, indeed, but sin did; so that through its bringing about death by means of what was good, it might be seen in its true light as sin, in order that by means of the Commandment the unspeakable sinfulnes

μὴ mē “Never”

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

μὴ mē “not”

in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.

μὴ mē “not”

What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?

μὴ mē “Not”μὴ mē “Never”

Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?"

μὴ mē “Not”

Even as Isaiah says in an earlier place, "Were it not that the Lord, the God of Hosts, had left us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and have come to resemble Gomorrah."

μὴ mē “unless”

To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;

μὴ mē “not”

But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "`Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down;

μὴ mē “Not”

And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good!"

μὴ mē “unless”

But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

μὴ mē “certainly”

But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first. He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation which is no nation, and with fury against a nation devoid of understanding."

μὴ mē “surely not”

And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."

μὴ mē “not”μὴ mē “not”

I ask then, Has God cast off His People? No, indeed. Why, I myself am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin.

μὴ mē “not”μὴ mē “Never”

And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."

μὴ mē “not”μὴ mē “not”

Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."

μὴ mē “not”

I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel;

μὴ mē “surely not”μὴ mē “Never”

For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?

μὴ mē “except”