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Romans 7:14-8:8
English Standard Version
Romans 7:14-8:8
English Standard Version
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (A)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (B)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (C)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (D)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells (E)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 (F)For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, (G)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (H)I delight in the law of God, (I)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (J)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (K)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Life in the Spirit
8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a] 2 For the law of (L)the Spirit of life (M)has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For (N)God has done what the law, (O)weakened by the flesh, (P)could not do. (Q)By sending his own Son (R)in the likeness of sinful flesh and (S)for sin,[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that (T)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, (U)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For (V)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on (W)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on (X)the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set (Y)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is (Z)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (AA)indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Footnotes
- Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
- Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
- Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering
Romans 7:14-8:8
New International Version
Romans 7:14-8:8
New International Version
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(A) sold(B) as a slave to sin.(C) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(D) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(E) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(F) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](G) 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.(H) 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.(I)
21 So I find this law at work:(J) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(K) I delight in God’s law;(L) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(M) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(N) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(O) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(P)
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(Q) but in my sinful nature[b] a slave to the law of sin.(R)
Life Through the Spirit
8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation(S) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(T) 2 because through Christ Jesus(U) the law of the Spirit who gives life(V) has set you[c] free(W) from the law of sin(X) and death. 3 For what the law was powerless(Y) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[d](Z) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(AA) to be a sin offering.[e](AB) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(AC) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(AD)
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(AE) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(AF) 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death,(AG) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(AH) and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(AI) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh(AJ) cannot please God.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
- Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
- 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.
- Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
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