Romans 7 New American Standard Bible

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<span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the married<MG5220> woman<MG1135> is bound<MG1210> by law<MG3551> to her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>husband<MG435> as long as he is<MG2198> alive<MG2198>; but if<MG1437> her husband<MG435> dies<MG599>, she is released<MG2673> from the law<MG3551> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>concerning the husband<MG435>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So<MG686> then<MG3767>, if<MG1437> while her husband<MG435> is<MG2198> alive<MG2198> she <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>gives<MG1096> herself<MG1096> to another<MG2087> man<MG435>, she will be called<MG5537> an adulteress<MG3428>; but if<MG1437> her husband<MG435> dies<MG599>, she is free<MG1658> from the law<MG3551>, so that she is not an adulteress<MG3428> if she <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>gives<MG1096> herself<MG1096> to another<MG2087> man<MG435>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore<MG5620>, my brothers<MG80> <i>and sisters,</i> you also<MG2532> were put<MG2289> to<MG2289> death<MG2289> in regard to the Law<MG3551> through<MG1223> the body<MG4983> of Christ<MG5547>, so<MG1519> that<MG1519> you might belong<MG1096> to another<MG2087>, to Him who was raised<MG1453> from the dead<MG3498>, in<MG2443> order<MG2443> that<MG2443> we might bear<MG2592> fruit<MG2592> for God<MG2316>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For while<MG3753> we were in the flesh<MG4561>, the sinful<MG266> passions<MG3804>, which were <i>brought to light</i> by the Law<MG3551>, were at work<MG1754> in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>the parts<MG3196> of our body to bear<MG2592> fruit<MG2592> for death<MG2288>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But now<MG3570> we have been released<MG2673> from the Law<MG3551>, having died<MG599> to that by which<MG3739> we were bound<MG2722>, so<MG5620> that<MG5620> we serve<MG1398> in newness<MG2538> of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Spirit<MG4151> and not in oldness<MG3821> of the letter<MG1121>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>What<MG5101> shall we say<MG3004> then<MG3767>? Is the Law<MG3551> sin<MG266>? <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>Far<MG3361> from<MG3361> it! On the contrary<MG235>, I would not have come to know<MG1097> sin<MG266> except<MG1508> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>through<MG1223> the Law<MG3551>; for I would not have known<MG3609a> about<MG3609a> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>coveting<MG1939> if<MG1487> the Law<MG3551> had not said<MG3004>, “YOU SHALL NOT <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>COVET<MG1937>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But sin<MG266>, taking<MG2983> an opportunity<MG874> through<MG1223> the commandment<MG1785>, produced<MG2716> in me <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>coveting<MG1939> of every<MG3956> kind<MG3956>; for apart<MG5565> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>from the Law<MG3551> sin<MG266> <i>is</i> dead<MG3498>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I was<MG2198> once<MG4218> alive<MG2198> apart<MG5565> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>from the Law<MG3551>; but when the commandment<MG1785> came<MG2064>, sin<MG266> came<MG326> to<MG326> life<MG326>, and I died<MG599>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and this<MG3778> commandment<MG1785>, which was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>to result<MG1519> in life<MG2222>, proved<MG2147> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[q]</a></span>to result<MG1519> in death<MG2288> for me; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for sin<MG266>, taking<MG2983> an opportunity<MG874> through<MG1223> the commandment<MG1785>, deceived<MG1818> me, and through<MG1223> it, killed<MG615> <i>me.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So<MG5620> then<MG5620>, the Law<MG3551> is holy<MG40>, and the commandment<MG1785> is holy<MG40> and righteous<MG1342> and good<MG18>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore<MG3767> did that which is<MG18> good<MG18> become<MG1096> <i>a cause of</i> death<MG2288> for me? <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[r]</a></span>Far<MG3361> from<MG3361> it! Rather<MG235> <i>it was</i> sin<MG266>, in<MG2443> order<MG2443> that<MG2443> it might be shown<MG5316> to be sin<MG266> by bringing<MG2716> about<MG2716> my death<MG2288> through<MG1223> that which is good<MG18>, so<MG2443> that<MG2443> through<MG1223> the commandment<MG1785> sin<MG266> would become<MG1096> utterly<MG5236> sinful<MG266>. <p class="hdg">The Conflict of Serving Two Masters</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For we know<MG3609a> that the Law<MG3551> is spiritual<MG4152>, but I am<MG1510> fleshly<MG4560>, sold<MG4097> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[s]</a></span>into bondage to sin<MG266>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For I do not understand<MG1097> what<MG3739> I am doing<MG2716>; for I am not practicing<MG4238> what<MG3739> I want<MG2309> <i>to do,</i> but I do<MG4160> the very<MG3778> thing<MG3739> I hate<MG3404>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>However<MG1161>, if<MG1487> I do<MG4160> the very<MG3778> thing<MG3778> I do not want<MG2309> <i>to do,</i> I agree<MG4852> with the Law<MG3551>, that <i>the Law is</i> good<MG2570>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But now<MG3570>, no<MG3765> longer<MG3765> am I <i>the one</i> doing<MG2716> it, but sin<MG266> that dwells<MG1774> in me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I know<MG3609a> that good<MG18> does not dwell<MG3611> in me, that is, in my flesh<MG4561>; for the willing<MG2309> is present<MG3873> in me, but the doing<MG2716> of the good<MG2570> <i>is</i> not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For the good<MG18> that I want<MG2309>, I do not do<MG4160>, but I practice<MG4238> the very<MG3778> evil<MG2556> that I do not want<MG2309>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But if<MG1487> I do<MG4160> the very<MG3778> thing<MG3778> I do not want<MG2309>, I am no<MG3765> longer<MG3765> <i>the one</i> doing<MG2716> it, but sin<MG266> that dwells<MG3611> in me. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I find<MG2147> then<MG686> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[t]</a></span>principle<MG3551> that evil<MG2556> is present<MG3873> in me, the one who wants<MG2309> to do<MG4160> good<MG2570>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For I joyfully<MG4913> agree<MG4913> with the law<MG3551> of God<MG2316> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[u]</a></span>in the inner<MG2080> person<MG444>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>but I see<MG991> a different<MG2087> law<MG3551> in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[v]</a></span>the parts<MG3196> of my body waging<MG497> war<MG497> against<MG497> the law<MG3551> of my mind<MG3563>, and making<MG163> me a<MG163> prisoner<MG163> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[w]</a></span>of the law<MG3551> of sin<MG266>, <i>the law</i> which is in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[x]</a></span>my body’s parts<MG3196>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Wretched<MG5005> man<MG444> that I am! Who<MG5101> will set<MG4506> me free<MG4506> from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[y]</a></span>the body<MG4983> of this<MG3778> death<MG2288>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Thanks<MG5485> be to God<MG2316> through<MG1223> Jesus<MG2424> Christ<MG5547> our Lord<MG2962>! So<MG686> then<MG686>, on the one<MG3303a> hand<MG3303a> I myself<MG846> with my mind<MG3563> am serving<MG1398> the law<MG3551> of God<MG2316>, but on the other<MG1161>, with my flesh<MG4561> the law<MG3551> of sin<MG266>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>living husband; but if</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>becomes another man’s</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> I.e., in marriage; lit <i>becomes another man’s</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>our parts to bear</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>spirit</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>May it never happen!</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>through law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>lust</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>lust</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>lust</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>from law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>from law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>to life</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[q]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>to death</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[r]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>May it never happen!</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[s]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>under sin</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[t]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>law</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[u]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>with respect to</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[v]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>my parts waging</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[w]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>in</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[x]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>my parts</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[y]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>this body of death</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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