Dual Panel1Or<2228> do you not know<50>, brethren<80> (for I am speaking<2980> to those who know<1097> the law<3551>), that the law<3551> has<2961> jurisdiction<2961> over<2961> a person<444> as long<5550> as he lives<2198>?
2For the married<5220> woman<1135> is bound<1210> by law<3551> to her husband<435> while he is living<2198>; but if<1437> her husband<435> dies<599>, she is released<2673> from the law<3551> concerning the husband<435>.
3So<686> then<686>, if<1437> while her husband<435> is living<2198> she is joined<1096> to another<2087> man<435>, she shall be called<5537> an adulteress<3428>; but if<1437> her husband<435> dies<599>, she is free<1658> from the law<3551>, so that she is not an adulteress<3428> though she is joined<1096> to another<2087> man<435>.
4Therefore<5620>, my brethren<80>, you also<2532> were made<2289> to die<2289> to the Law<3551> through<1223> the body<4983> of Christ<5547>, so<1519> that you might be joined<1096> to another<2087>, to Him who was raised<1453> from the dead<3498>, in order<2443> that we might bear<2592> fruit<2592> for God<2316>.
5For while<3753> we were in the flesh<4561>, the sinful<266> passions<3804>, which were aroused by the Law<3551>, were at work<1754> in the members<3196> of our body to bear<2592> fruit<2592> for death<2288>.
6But now<3570> we have been released<2673> from the Law<3551>, having died<599> to that by which<3739> we were bound<2722>, so<5620> that we serve<1398> in newness<2538> of the Spirit<4151> and not in oldness<3821> of the letter<1121>.
7What<5101> shall we say<3004> then<3767>? Is the Law<3551> sin<266>? May it never<3361> be! On the contrary<235>, I would not have come to know<1097> sin<266> except<1508> through<1223> the Law<3551>; for I would not have known<3609> about<3609> coveting<1939> if<1487> the Law<3551> had not said<3004>, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET<1937>."
8But sin<266>, taking<2983> opportunity<874> through<1223> the commandment<1785>, produced<2716> in me coveting<1939> of every<3956> kind<3956>; for apart<5565> from the Law<3551> sin<266> is dead<3498>.
9I was once<4218> alive<2198> apart<5565> from the Law<3551>; but when the commandment<1785> came<2064>, sin<266> became<326> alive<326> and I died<599>;
10and this<3778> commandment<1785>, which was to result<1519> in life<2222>, proved<2147> to result<1519> in death<2288> for me;
11for sin<266>, taking<2983> an opportunity<874> through<1223> the commandment<1785>, deceived<1818> me and through<1223> it killed<615> me.
12So<5620> then<5620>, the Law<3551> is holy<40>, and the commandment<1785> is holy<40> and righteous<1342> and good<18>.
13Therefore<3767> did that which<18> is good<18> become<1096> a cause of death<2288> for me? May it never<3361> be! Rather<235> it was sin<266>, in order<2443> that it might be shown<5316> to be sin<266> by effecting<2716> my death<2288> through<1223> that which<18> is good<18>, so<2443> that through<1223> the commandment<1785> sin<266> would become<1096> utterly<5236> sinful<266>.
14For we know<3609> that the Law<3551> is spiritual<4152>, but I am<1510> of flesh<4560>, sold<4097> into bondage to sin<266>.
15For what<3739> I am doing<2716>, I do not understand<1097>; for I am not practicing<4238> what<3739> I would like<2309> to do, but I am doing<4160> the very<3778> thing<3739> I hate<3404>.
16But if<1487> I do<4160> the very<3778> thing<3778> I do not want<2309> to do, I agree<4852> with the Law<3551>, confessing that the Law<3551> is good<2570>.
17So<1161> now<3570>, no<3765> longer<3765> am I the one doing<2716> it, but sin<266> which dwells<1774> in me.
18For I know<3609> that nothing<3756> good<18> dwells<3611> in me, that is, in my flesh<4561>; for the willing<2309> is present<3873> in me, but the doing<2716> of the good<2570> is not.
19For the good<18> that I want<2309>, I do not do<4160>, but I practice<4238> the very<3778> evil<2556> that I do not want<2309>.
20But if<1487> I am doing<4160> the very<3778> thing<3778> I do not want<2309>, I am no<3765> longer<3765> the one doing<2716> it, but sin<266> which dwells<3611> in me.
21I find<2147> then<686> the principle<3551> that evil<2556> is present<3873> in me, the one who wants<2309> to do<4160> good<2570>.
22For I joyfully<4913> concur<4913> with the law<3551> of God<2316> in the inner<2080> man<444>,
23but I see<991> a different<2087> law<3551> in the members<3196> of my body, waging<497> war<497> against<497> the law<3551> of my mind<3563> and making<163> me a prisoner<163> of the law<3551> of sin<266> which is in my members<3196>.
24Wretched<5005> man<444> that I am! Who<5101> will set<4506> me free<4506> from the body<4983> of this<3778> death<2288>?
25Thanks<5485> be to God<2316> through<1223> Jesus<2424> Christ<5547> our Lord<2962>! So<686> then<686>, on the one<3303> hand<3303> I myself<846> with my mind<3563> am serving<1398> the law<3551> of God<2316>, but on the other<1161>, with my flesh<4561> the law<3551> of sin<266>.