1 Or do you not know, brothers, (now I am speaking to those who know the law) that the law has dominion over a man only so long as he lives?
2 For example, a woman who is subject to a husband is obligated by the law while her husband lives. But when her husband has died, she is released from the law of her husband.
3 Therefore, while her husband lives, if she has been with another man, she should be called an adulteress. But when her husband has died, she is freed from the law of her husband, such that, if she has been with another man, she is not an adulteress.
4 And so, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law, through the body of Christ, so that you may be another one who has risen from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were under the law, operated within our bodies, so as to bear fruit unto death.
6 But now we have been released from the law of death, by which we were being held, so that now we may serve with a renewed spirit, and not in the old way, by the letter.
7 What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: “You shall not covet.”
8 But sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
9 Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,
10 and I died. And the commandment, which was unto life, was itself found to be unto death for me.
11 For sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, seduced me, and, through the law, sin killed me.
12 And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
13 Then was what is good made into death for me? Let it not be so! But rather sin, in order that it might be known as sin by what is good, wrought death in me; so that sin, through the commandment, might become sinful beyond measure.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
15 For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.
16 So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.
17 But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me.
18 For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach.
19 For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.
20 Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.
21 And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.
22 For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.
23 But I perceive another law within my body, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me with the law of sin which is in my body.
24 Unhappy man that I am, who will free me from this body of death?
25 The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord! Therefore, I serve the law of God with my own mind; but with the flesh, the law of sin.
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Romans 7 addresses the Christian's internal struggle between flesh and spirit. The chapter highlights the sinful nature of the flesh and the inability of man to achieve justice by his own strength. Paul expresses his own battle against sin and his need for a Savior to free him from the slavery of sin.
Psalm 51:5: "Behold, in iniquity I was formed, and in sin my mother conceived me." This verse highlights man's sinful nature from birth and relates to the idea presented in Romans 7:18-20, in which Paul recognizes his sinful nature.
Romans 6:23: "For the salary of sin is death, but God's free gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." This verse highlights the need for salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, a theme that is emphasized in Romans 7:24-25.
Galatians 5:16-17: "But I say,: Walk in the Spirit, and never satisfy the lust of the flesh. For the flesh covets against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and they are opposed to each other, so that Do not do what you want. " This verse relates to the struggle between the flesh and the spirit that is approached in Romans 7:14-23.
Romans 8:2: "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus delivered you from the law of sin and death." This verse highlights the liberation of man from slavery of sin through Jesus Christ, a theme that is presented in Romans 7:24-25.
1 John 1:8-10: "If we say that we have no sin, we ourselves deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us the sins, and us in Purifying from all injustice. If we say that we have not committed sin, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. " This verse highlights the need to recognize the sinful nature itself and to seek salvation in Jesus Christ, themes that are addressed in Romans 7:14-25.
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