τῷ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῷ

   tō

   to the
2. sentence🔊 βλέπω δὲ ἕτερον νόμον ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου ἀντιστρατευόμενον τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντά με ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τῷ ὄντι ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου

   BLE-pō de HE-te-ron NO-mon en tois ME-le-sin mou an-ti-stra-teu-O-me-non tō NO-mō tou no-OS mou KAI aikh-ma-lō-TI-zo-DA me en tō NO-mō tês ha-mar-TI-as tō ON-ti en tois ME-le-sin mou

   I see but another law in the members of me waging war against to the law of the mind of me and making captive me in the law of the sin that being in the members of me

Exegesis

The participle antistrateuomenon {ἀντιστρατευόμενον | an-ti-stra-teu-ó-me-non} qualifies “another law” as waging war against tō nomō tou noos mou {τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου | tôi nó-mō tou no-ós mou}, ‘the law of my mind,’ denoting the inner moral orientation.

The clause en tō nomō tēs hamartias {ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας | en tôi nó-mō tês ha-mar-tí-as} identifies sin’s dominion, and the final participle phrase tō onti en tois melesin mou {τῷ ὄντι ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου | tôi ón-ti en toîs mé-le-sin mou} emphasizes the indwelling reality of sin. English renders these participles as active verbal phrases to preserve the vivid imagery of internal conflict.