Romans 7:13-8:4
New American Standard Bible
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
- Romans 7:13 Lit May it never happen!
- Romans 7:14 Lit under sin
- Romans 7:21 Lit law
- Romans 7:22 Or with respect to
- Romans 7:23 Lit my parts waging
- Romans 7:23 Lit in
- Romans 7:23 Lit my parts
- Romans 7:24 Or this body of death
- Romans 8:2 Or has set you free in Christ Jesus
- Romans 8:3 Lit in which it was weak
- Romans 8:3 Lit flesh of sin
- Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
- Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
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