Works the marks of the state of the disposition; but the law can effect no change in the disposition-Hence ἔργα νόμου are set in contrast to ἔργα ἀγαθὰ (Eph. ii. 10).....
bondage-Either unconscious, living without law, or conscious, living under the law-Rom. vii. a delineation of both these states, taken from Paul's own experience, but applicable to all mankind...... 430-433