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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 7 DRB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DRB</a> > Romans 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/6.htm" title="Romans 6">◄</a> Romans 7 <a href="../romans/8.htm" title="Romans 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Douay-Rheims Bible</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Released from the Law<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../galatians/3.htm#15">Galatians 3:15-25</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>KNOW you not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as it liveth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ; that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. </p> <p class="hdg">God's Law is Holy</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. </p> <p class="hdg">Struggling with Sin</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man: <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. 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