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Romans 7:13-8:4
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13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? [a](A)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.

The Conflict of Serving Two Masters

14 For we know that the Law is (B)spiritual, but I am (C)fleshly, (D)sold [b](E)into bondage to sin. 15 For (F)I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing (G)what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with (H)the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, (I)no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my (J)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For (K)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, (L)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then (M)the [c]principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God [d]in (N)the inner person, 23 but I see (O)a different law in [e]the parts of my body waging war against the (P)law of my mind, and making me a prisoner [f]of (Q)the law of sin, the law which is in [g]my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from [h](R)the body of this (S)death? 25 (T)Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh (U)the law of sin.

Deliverance from Bondage

8 Therefore there is now no (V)condemnation at all for those who are (W)in (X)Christ Jesus. 2 For (Y)the law of the Spirit of life [i]in (Z)Christ Jesus (AA)has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For (AB)what the Law could not do, [j](AC)weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in (AD)the likeness of [k]sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the (AE)requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who (AF)do not walk [l]according to the flesh but [m]according to the Spirit.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:13 Lit May it never happen!
  2. Romans 7:14 Lit under sin
  3. Romans 7:21 Lit law
  4. Romans 7:22 Or with respect to
  5. Romans 7:23 Lit my parts waging
  6. Romans 7:23 Lit in
  7. Romans 7:23 Lit my parts
  8. Romans 7:24 Or this body of death
  9. Romans 8:2 Or has set you free in Christ Jesus
  10. Romans 8:3 Lit in which it was weak
  11. Romans 8:3 Lit flesh of sin
  12. Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
  13. Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
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Romans 7:13-8:4
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13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(A) to bring about my death,(B) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(C) sold(D) as a slave to sin.(E) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(F) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(G) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(H) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](I) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(J) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(K)

21 So I find this law at work:(L) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(M) I delight in God’s law;(N) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(O) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(P) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(Q) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(R)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(S) but in my sinful nature[b] a slave to the law of sin.(T)

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation(U) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(V) 2 because through Christ Jesus(W) the law of the Spirit who gives life(X) has set you[c] free(Y) from the law of sin(Z) and death. 3 For what the law was powerless(AA) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[d](AB) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(AC) to be a sin offering.[e](AD) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(AE) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(AF)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
  2. Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
  3. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  4. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  5. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
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