罗马书 7
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
以婚姻为例
7 弟兄们,我现在对明白律法的人说:难道你们不明白,律法只是在一个人活着的时候辖制这个人吗? 2 要知道,已婚的女人,在丈夫活着的时候,是被律法约束的;但如果丈夫死了,她就脱离了那关于丈夫的律法。 3 由此可见,丈夫还活着的时候,她如果归向别的男人,就被称为淫妇;但如果丈夫死了,她就脱离那律法得了自由,即使归向别的男人,也不是淫妇。
4 因此,我的弟兄们,你们藉着基督的身体,在律法上也被处死了,使你们归向另一位,就是从死人中复活的那一位,好让我们能为神结出果子来。 5 原来,当我们还在肉体中的时候,罪的欲望藉着律法在我们身体的各部分[a]做工,以致为死亡结了果子。 6 但如今,我们既然在那捆绑我们的律法上死了,就脱离了律法,结果我们得以按照圣灵的新样式来服事,而不按照律法条文的旧样式。
罪藉着诫命
7 那么,我们要怎么说呢?难道律法是罪吗?绝对不是!然而,要不是藉着律法,我就不知道什么是罪。如果律法没有说“不可贪心”[b],我就不知道什么是贪心; 8 但是,罪藉着诫命,趁机在我里面生出种种贪念。原来在律法之外,罪是死的。 9 我从前活在律法之外,但是诫命一来,罪就活起来了, 10 我却死了。于是我发现,那本该带来生命的诫命,它却导致了死亡。 11 事实上,罪藉着诫命趁机欺骗了我,并藉着诫命杀了我。 12 因此,律法是神圣的,诫命也是神圣、公义、美善的。
内在的罪
13 那么,是那美善的导致了我的死吗?[c]绝对不是!而是罪。罪为要显出是罪,就藉着那美善的带来了我的死,使罪藉着诫命变得极其邪恶。 14 我们知道律法是属灵的;而我是属肉体的,已经卖给罪了。 15 实际上,我所做的,我不明白,因为我所愿意的,我没有去做;我所恨恶的,我反而去做。 16 那么,如果我做我不愿意做的事,我就赞同了律法是好的。 17 所以现在这事就不再是我所做的,而是住在我里面的罪所做的。 18 事实上,我知道在我里面,就是在我肉体中,没有良善;因为行善的意愿在我里面,却行不出来。 19 这样,我愿意行的善,我没有去行;我不愿意做的恶,我反而去做。 20 那么,如果我做我不愿意做的事,这事就不再是我所做的,而是住在我里面的罪所做的。 21 因此我发现一个法则:当我愿意行善的时候,恶就在我里面。 22 就是说,按着内在的人,我喜爱神的法则, 23 然而我发现在我身体[d]中另有一个法则,与我理性的法则交战,把我掳到我身体中罪的法则里。 24 我这个人真是可悲呀!谁能救我脱离这属于死亡的身体呢? 25 藉着我们的主耶稣基督,感谢归于神![e]由此可见,我自己一方面在理性上服从神的法则,另一方面在肉体中却服从罪的法则。
Romans 7
New American Standard Bible
Believers United to Christ
7 Or do you not know, (A)brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the [a]Law), that the [b]Law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For (B)the married woman is bound by law to her [c]husband as long as he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law [d]concerning the husband. 3 So then, if while her husband is alive she [e]gives herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she [f]gives herself to another man.
4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were (C)put to death (D)in regard to the Law (E)through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were (F)in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were (G)brought to light by the Law, were at work (H)in [g]the parts of our body to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we have been (I)released from the Law, having (J)died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in (K)newness of (L)the [h]Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
7 (M)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? [i](N)Far from it! On the contrary, (O)I would not have come to know sin except [j]through the Law; for I would not have known about [k]coveting if the Law had not said, “(P)You shall not [l]covet.” 8 But sin, (Q)taking an opportunity (R)through the commandment, produced in me [m]coveting of every kind; for (S)apart [n]from the Law sin is dead. 9 I was once alive apart [o]from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was [p](T)to result in life, proved [q]to result in death for me; 11 for sin, (U)taking an opportunity (V)through the commandment, (W)deceived me, and through it, killed me. 12 (X)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? [r](Y)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 (Z)spiritual, but I am (AA)fleshly, (AB)sold [s](AC)into bondage to sin. 15 For (AD)I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing (AE)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 (AF)the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, (AG)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 (AH)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For (AI)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, (AJ)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then (AK)the [t]principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God [u]in (AL)the inner person, 23 but I see (AM)a different law in [v]the parts of my body waging war against the (AN)law of my mind, and making me a prisoner [w]of (AO)the law of sin, the law which is in [x]my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from [y](AP)the body of this (AQ)death? 25 (AR)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 (AS)the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 Or law
- Romans 7:1 Or law
- Romans 7:2 Lit living husband; but if
- Romans 7:2 Lit of
- Romans 7:3 Lit becomes another man’s
- Romans 7:3 I.e., in marriage; lit becomes another man’s
- Romans 7:5 Lit our parts to bear
- Romans 7:6 Or spirit
- Romans 7:7 Lit May it never happen!
- Romans 7:7 Or through law
- Romans 7:7 Or lust
- Romans 7:7 Or lust
- Romans 7:8 Or lust
- Romans 7:8 Or from law
- Romans 7:9 Or from law
- Romans 7:10 Lit to life
- Romans 7:10 Lit to death
- 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 7
New King James Version
Freed from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law [a]has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For (A)the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3 So then (B)if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become (C)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should (D)bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law (E)were at work in our members (F)to bear fruit to death. 6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve (G)in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (H)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (I)“You shall not covet.” 8 But (J)sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For (K)apart from the law sin was dead. 9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 And the commandment, (L)which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. 12 Therefore (M)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
Law Cannot Save from Sin
13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, (N)sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. (O)For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that (P)in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I (Q)delight in the law of God according to (R)the inward man. 23 But (S)I see another law in (T)my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me (U)from this body of death? 25 (V)I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 rules
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