Dual Panel1Or <2228> do you not know <50>, brothers and sisters <80> (for <1063> I am speaking <2980> to those who know <1097> the law <3551>), that <3754> the law <3551> is lord <2961> over <1909> a person <444> as long as <3745> <5550> he lives <2198>?
2For <1063> a married <5220> woman <1135> is bound <1210> by law <3551> to <435> her husband <435> as long as he lives <2198>, but <1161> if <1437> her husband <435> dies <599>, she is released <2673> from <575> the law <3551> of the marriage.
3So then, if <1437> she is joined <1096> to another <2087> man <435> while her husband <435> is alive <2198>, she will be called <5537> an adulteress <3428>. But <1161> if <1437> her husband <435> dies <599>, she is <1510> free <1658> from <575> that law <3551>, and if she is joined to another <2087> man <435>, she is <1096> not <3361> an adulteress <3428>.
4So <5620>, my <3450> brothers and sisters <80>, you <5210> also <2532> died <2289> to the law <3551> through <1223> the body <4983> of Christ <5547>, so that <1519> you <5209> could be joined <1096> to another <2087>, to the one who was raised <1453> from <1537> the dead <3498>, to <2443> bear fruit <2592> to God <2316>.
5For <1063> when <3753> we were <1510> in <1722> the flesh <4561>, the sinful desires <266>, aroused <3804> by <1223> the law <3551>, were active <1754> in <1722> the members <3196> of our <2257> body to <1519> bear fruit <2592> for death <2288>.
6But <1161> now <3570> we have been released <2673> from <575> the law <3551>, because we have died <599> to <1722> what <3739> controlled <2722> us, so that <5620> we <2248> may serve <1398> in <1722> the new life <2538> of the Spirit <4151> and <2532> not <3756> under the old <3821> written code <1121>.
7What <5101> shall we say <2046> then? Is the law <3551> sin <266>? Absolutely <1096> not <3361>! Certainly, I would not <3756> have known <1097> sin <266> except <1487> through <1223> the law <3551>. For <1063> indeed I would not <3756> have known what it means to desire <1939> something belonging to someone else if <1487> the law <3551> had <3004> not <3361> said <3004>, “Do <1937> not <3756> covet <1937>.”
8But <1161> sin <266>, seizing <2983> the opportunity <874> through <1223> the commandment <1785>, produced <2716> in <1722> me <1698> all kinds <3956> of wrong desires <1939>. For <1063> apart from <5565> the law <3551>, sin <266> is dead <3498>.
9And <1161> I <1473> was <2198> once <4218> alive <2198> apart from <5565> the law <3551>, but <1161> with the coming <2064> of the commandment <1785> sin <266> became alive <326>
10and I died. So I <3427> found <2147> that the very commandment <1785> that was intended to bring <1519> life <2222> brought <1519> death <2288>!
11For <1063> sin <266>, seizing <2983> the opportunity <874> through <1223> the commandment <1785>, deceived <1818> me <3165> and <2532> through <1223> it <846> I died <615>.
12So then <5620>, the law <3551> is holy <40>, and <2532> the commandment <1785> is holy <40>, righteous <1342>, and <2532> good <18>.
13Did that which is good <18>, then <3767>, become <1096> death <2288> to me <1698>? Absolutely <1096> not <3361>! But <235> sin <266>, so that <2443> it would be shown <5316> to be sin <266>, produced <2716> death <2288> in me <3427> through <1223> what is good <18>, so that <2443> through <1223> the commandment <1785> sin <266> would become <1096> utterly <5236> sinful <268>.
14For <1063> we know <1492> that <3754> the law <3551> is <1510> spiritual <4152>– but I <1473> am <1510> unspiritual <4560>, sold <4097> into slavery to sin <266>.
15For <1063> I <1097> don’t <3756> understand <1097> what I am doing <2716>. For <1063> I do <4238> not <3756> do <4238> what <3739> I want <2309>– instead <235>, I do <4160> what <3739> I hate <3404>.
16But <1161> if <1487> I do <4160> what <3739> I <2309> don’t <3756> want <2309>, I agree <4852> that the law <3551> is good <2570>.
17But <1161> now <3570> it is no longer <3765> me <1473> doing <2716> it <846>, but <235> sin <266> that lives <1774> in <1722> me <1698>.
18For <1063> I know <1492> that <3754> nothing <3756> good <18> lives <3611> in <1722> me <1698>, that <5124> is <1510>, in <1722> my <3450> flesh <4561>. For <1063> I <3427> want <2309> to do <2716> the good <2570>, but I cannot <3756> do it.
19For <1063> I do <4160> not <3756> do <4160> the good <18> I want <2309>, but <235> I do <4238> the very evil <2556> I do <2309> not <3756> want <2309>!
20Now if <1487> I do what <3739> I do <4160> not <3756> want <2309>, it is no longer <3765> me <1473> doing <2716> it <846> but <235> sin <266> that lives <3611> in <1722> me <1698>.
21So <686>, I find <2147> the law <3551> that when I <1698> want <2309> to do <4160> good <2570>, evil <2556> is present <3873> with me <1698>.
22For <1063> I delight <4913> in the law <3551> of God <2316> in my inner <2080> being <444>.
23But <1161> I see <991> a different <2087> law <3551> in <1722> my <3450> members <3196> waging war against <497> the law <3551> of my <3450> mind <3563> and <2532> making <163> me <3165> captive <163> to the law <3551> of sin <266> that is <1510> in <1722> my <3450> members <3196>.
24Wretched <5005> man <444> that I <1473> am! Who <5101> will rescue <4506> me <3165> from <1537> this <5127> body <4983> of death <2288>?
25Thanks <5485> be to God <2316> through <1223> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> our <2257> Lord <2962>! So <686> then <3767>, I <1473> myself <846> serve <1398> the law <3551> of God <2316> with my mind <3563>, but <1161> with my flesh <4561> I serve the law <3551> of sin <266>.