Romans 7

1 Or are ye ignorant, brethren, —for unto them that understand the law am I speaking, that, the law, hath lordship over a men as long as he liveth?

Or do ye not know, my Brethren.-(for I am speaking to them that know the law, )- that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as he is alive?

2 For, the married woman, unto her living husband is bound by law; but, if her husband have died, she hath received a full release from the law of her husband.

Just as a woman, by the law, is bound to her husband, as long as he is alive: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law of her husband.

3 Hence then, her husband being alive, an adulteress, shall she be called—if she become another man’s, but, if the husband have died, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man’s.

And if, while her husband is alive, she should adhere to another man, she would become an adulteress: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law; and would not be an adulteress though joined to another man.

4 So, then, my brethren, ye also, were made dead unto the law through the body of the Christ, to the end ye might become another’s—his who from among the dead was raised, in order that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

And now, my brethren, ye also have become dead to the law, by the body of Messiah; that ye might be joined to another, even to him who arose from the dead; and might yield fruits unto God.

5 For, when we were in the flesh, the susceptibilities of sins which were through the law, used to be energized in our members unto the bringing forth of fruit unto death;

For while we were in the flesh, the emotions of sin which are by the law, were active in our members, that we should bear fruits unto death.

6 But, now, we have received full release from the law, by dying [in that] wherein we used to be held fast, so that we should be doing service—in newness of spirit and not in obsoleteness of letter.

But now we are absolved from the law, and are dead to that which held us in its grasp: that we might henceforth serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying—Thou shall not covet;

What shall we say then? Is the law sin?, Far be it. For I had not learned sin, except by means of the law: for I had not known concupiscence, had not the law said, Thou shalt not covet:

8 Howbeit sin taking, occasion—through the commandment, wrought out in me all manner of coveting; for, apart from law, sin is dead; —

and by this commandment, sin found occasion, and perfected in me all concupiscence: for without the law, sin was dead.

9 And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life,

And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;

10 Whereas, I, died, —and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death;

and the commandment of life was found by me to be unto death.

11 For, sin, —taking occasion—through the commandment, completely deceived me and, through it, slew me:

For sin, by the occasion which it found by means of the commandment, seduced me; and thereby slew me.

12 So that, the law, indeed, is holy, and the commandment, holy, and righteous and good.

Wherefore, the law is holy; and the commandment is holy, and righteous, and good.

13 Did, then, that which is good, unto me become death? Far be it! But [it was] sin, that it might appear sin, through that which was good unto me working out death, in order that, exceeding sinful, might sin become through the commandment.

Did that which is good, therefore, become death to me? Far be it. But sin, that it might be seen to be sin, perfected death in me by means of that good law; that sin might the more be condemned, by means of the commandment.

14 For we know that, the law, is spiritual, —I, however, am a creature of flesh, sold under sin;

For we know, that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, and sold to sin.

15 For, that which I am working out, I do not approve, —for not, what I wish, the same I practise, but, what I hate, the same I do:

For what I am doing, I know not: and what I would, I do not perform; but what I hate, that I do.

16 Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that [it is] right.

And if I do what I would not, I testify of the law, that it is right.

17 Now, however, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me:

And then, it is no more I who do that thing; but sin, which dwelleth in me.

18 I know, in fact, that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, anything good; for, the wishing, lieth near me, but, the working out of what is right, not!

For I know, that in me, (that is, in my flesh, ) good dwelleth not: because, to approve the good, is easy for me; but to do it, I am unable.

19 For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.

For I do not perform the good, which I would perform; but the bad, which I would not perform, that I do perform.

20 Now, if what I wish not, the same, I do, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me.

And if I do what I would not, it is not I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

21 Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near:

I find therefore a law coinciding with my conscience, which assenteth to my doing good, whereas evil is near to me.

22 I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.

For I rejoice in the law of God, in the interior man.

23 But I behold a diverse law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and taking me captive in the law of sin which existeth in my members: —

But I see another law in my members, which warreth against the law of my conscience, and maketh me a captive to the law of sin which existeth in my members

24 Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to death?

O, a miserable man, am I! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

25 [But] thanks be unto God!—Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hence, then, —I myself, with the mind, indeed, am in servitude unto a law of God; but; with the flesh; unto a law of sin.

I thank God; by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah I shall be rescued. [ (Romans 7:26) Now, therefore, in my conscience, I am a servant of the law of God; but in my flesh, I am a servant of the law of sin. ]