⁹ I was alive ·before I knew [or before I recognized the demands of; ^Lapart from] the law [^CPaul thought he was righteous; see Phil. 3:6]. But when the law’s command ·came to me [or came to my attention; ^Lcame], then sin ·began to live [sprang to life], and I died [^Cthe law revealed Paul’s sinfulness and confirmed he was spiritually dead].

¹⁰ The command was meant to bring life, but for me it brought death.

²⁴ What a ·miserable [wretched] man I am! Who will ·save [free; rescue; deliver] me from this ·body that brings me death [body doomed to die; or burden of death]?

²⁵ ·I thank God for saving me [^LThanks be to God!] through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So [^Lthen] in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my ·sinful self [sinful nature; ^Tflesh] I am a slave to the ·law [principle; or power] of sin.

Be Ruled by the Spirit

8 So now, those who are in Christ Jesus are not ·judged guilty^[a] [condemned; punished for their sins].