Romans 7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manne r of concupiscence.

For without the law sin was dead. con cu pis sent ...meaning "to desire, strong desire, or sexual desire" (sprang from original sin and incites to sin.) The Greek can also be translated "all sorts of covetousness." James 1:14-15 (14) But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and entic ed. (15) Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. synonyms: eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, p assion The first parents were free from concupiscence, so that their sensuous appetite was perfectly subject to reason; and this freedom they were to transmit to poste rity provided they observed the commandment of God. By the sin of Adam freedom from concupiscence was forfeited not only for himsel f, but also for all his posterity with the exception of the Blessed Virgin by sp ecial privilege. Human nature was deprived of both its preternatural and superna tural gifts and graces, the lower appetite began to lust against the spirit, and evil habits, contracted by personal sins, wrought disorder in the body, obscure d the mind, and weakened the power of the will, without, however, destroying its freedom. Hence that lamentable condition of which St. Paul complains when he wr ites: I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me. For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man: but I see a nother law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating m e in the law of sin, that is in my members. Unhappy man that I am, who shall del iver me from the body of this death? (Romans 7:21-25) Christ by His death redeemed mankind from sin and its bondage. In baptism the gu ilt of original sin is wiped out and the soul is cleansed and justified again by the infusion of sanctifying grace. But freedom from concupiscence is not restor ed to man, any more than immortality; abundant grace, however, is given him, by which he may obtain the victory over rebellious sense and deserve life everlasti ng. Romans 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thin g: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. "to will" our own will and not God's will for us..... to determine, that is, to choose or prefer ; by implication to wish, that is, be inclined to; to be abo ut to; by Hebraism to delight in: - desire, be disposed, intend, list, love, mea n, please, have rather, (be) will (have). The Reformers of the sixteenth century, especially Luther, proposed new views re specting concupiscence. They adopted as fundamental to their theology the follow ing propositions: Original justice with all its gifts and graces was due to man as an integral part

of his nature; concupiscence is of itself sinful, and being the sinful corruption of human natur e caused by Adam's transgression and inherited by all his descendants, is the ve ry essence of original sin; baptism, since it does not extinguish concupiscence, does not really remit the gu ilt of original sin, but only effects that it is no longer imputed to man and no longer draws down condemnation on him.

concupiscence is any yearning of the soul for good; in its strict and specific acceptation, a desire of the lower appetite contrary to reason. To understand ho w the sensuous and the rational appetite can be opposed, it should be borne in m ind that their natural objects are altogether different. The object of the lower appetite is the gratification of the senses; the object of reason is the good o f the entire human nature and consists in the subordination of reason to God, it s supreme good and ultimate end.