Römer 7 | King James Version
1Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
New International Reader’s Version
An example from marriage
1Brothers and sisters, I am speaking to you who know the law. Don’t you know that the law has authority over someone only as long as they live?2For example, by law a married woman remains married as long as her husband lives. But suppose her husband dies. Then the law that joins her to him no longer applies.3But suppose that married woman sleeps with another man while her husband is still alive. Then she is called a woman who commits adultery. But suppose her husband dies. Then she is free from that law. She is not guilty of adultery if she marries another man.4My brothers and sisters, when Christ died you also died as far as the law is concerned. Then it became possible for you to belong to him. He was raised from the dead. Now our lives can be useful to God.5The power of sin used to control us. The law stirred up sinful desires in us. So the things we did resulted in death.6But now we have died to what used to control us. We have been set free from the law. Now we serve in the new way of the Holy Spirit. We no longer serve in the old way of the written law.
The law and sin
7What should we say then? That the law is sinful? Not at all! Yet I wouldn’t have known what sin was unless the law had told me. The law says, ‘Do not want what belongs to other people.’ If the law hadn’t said that, I would not have known what it was like to want what belongs to others.8But the commandment gave sin an opportunity. Sin caused me to want all kinds of things that belong to others. A person can’t sin by breaking a law if that law doesn’t exist.9Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came. Sin came to life, and I died.10I found that the commandment that was supposed to bring life actually brought death.11When the commandment gave sin the opportunity, sin tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.12So the law is holy. The commandment also is holy and right and good.13Did what is good cause me to die? Not at all! Sin had to be recognised for what it really is. So it used what is good to bring about my death. Because of the commandment, sin became totally sinful.14We know that the law is holy. But I am not. I have been sold to be a slave of sin.15I don’t understand what I do. I don’t do what I want to do. Instead, I do what I hate to do.16I do what I don’t want to do. So I agree that the law is good.17As it is, I am no longer the one who does these things. It is sin living in me that does them.18I know there is nothing good in my desires controlled by sin. I want to do what is good, but I can’t.19I don’t do the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil things I don’t want to do.20I do what I don’t want to do. But I am not really the one who is doing it. It is sin living in me that does it.21Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.22Deep inside me I find joy in God’s law.23But I see another law working in me. It fights against the law of my mind. It makes me a prisoner of the law of sin. That law controls me.24What a terrible failure I am! Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body?25I give thanks to God who saves me. He saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord. So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law. But sin controls my desires. So I am a slave to the law of sin.
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