¹⁶ But I say, ^(A)walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out ^(B)the desire of the flesh. ¹⁷ For ^(C)the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, ^(D)in order to keep you from doing whatever you want. ¹⁸ But if you are ^(E)led by the Spirit, ^(F)you are not under the Law.

¹⁴ For ^(A)sin shall not ^(B)be master over you, for ^(C)you are not under ^[a]the Law but ^(D)under grace.

^12 (A)So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

¹³ Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? ^[a](B)Far from it! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by bringing about my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

⁶ But now we have been ^(A)released from the Law, having ^(B)died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in ^(C)newness of ^(D)the ^[a]Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

^7 (E)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? ^[b](F)Far from it! On the contrary, ^(G)I would not have come to know sin except ^[c]through the Law; for I would not have known about ^[d]coveting if the Law had not said, “^(H)You shall not ^[e]covet.” ⁸ But sin, ^(I)taking an opportunity ^(J)through the commandment, produced in me ^[f]coveting of every kind; for ^(K)apart ^[g]from the Law sin is dead.

³ For ^(A)what the Law could not do, ^[a](B)weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in ^(C)the likeness of ^[b]sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ so that the ^(D)requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who ^(E)do not walk ^[c]according to the flesh but ^[d]according to the Spirit.