Romanos 7
Portuguese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
O casamento como exemplo
7 Irmãos, todos vocês entendem a lei de Moisés e, com certeza, sabem que a lei governa a pessoa somente enquanto ela está viva. 2 Por exemplo, uma mulher deve se manter casada com o seu marido enquanto ele viver. Mas, se ele morrer, ela fica livre para casar com quem quiser. 3 Entretanto, se ela casar com outro homem enquanto o marido está vivo, a lei diz que ela é culpada de adultério. Mas, se o marido morrer, ela fica livre da lei do casamento e assim pode se casar de novo e não comete adultério.
4 Da mesma maneira, meus irmãos, vocês morreram para a lei através do corpo de Jesus Cristo. Agora vocês pertencem àquele que ressuscitou da morte. Nós pertencemos a Cristo, para que possamos ser úteis no serviço de Deus. 5 Porque quando vivíamos de acordo com nossa natureza humana, os nossos desejos pecadores foram despertados pela lei. Eles controlavam nossos corpos e assim nos levavam a morrer espiritualmente. 6 No passado, a lei nos mantinha como prisioneiros. Porém agora estamos livres da lei, pois morremos para ela. Nós não servimos mais a Deus pela maneira antiga, por meio da lei escrita. Agora nós servimos a Deus de maneira nova, por meio do Espírito.
A nossa luta contra o pecado
7 Não quero com isso dizer que a lei e o pecado sejam a mesma coisa. Não, de maneira nenhuma. Mas a lei era a única maneira de eu vir a saber o que é o pecado. Por exemplo, eu nunca saberia do pecado de desejar o que não me pertence se a lei não dissesse: “Não deseje o que não lhe pertence”(A). 8 Mas, por intermédio do mandamento, o pecado encontrou um jeito de criar em mim toda espécie de cobiça. Mas, sem a lei, o pecado não tem poder. 9 Eu tinha vida sem a lei, antes de conhecer a lei. Mas, quando o mandamento veio, o pecado começou a viver 10 e eu morri espiritualmente. O mandamento era para dar vida, mas me trouxe somente a morte. 11 O pecado encontrou um jeito de me enganar por meio do mandamento. Ele usou o mandamento para me fazer morrer espiritualmente.
12 A lei é santa e o mandamento é santo, reto e bom. 13 Isto quer dizer que aquilo que é bom me conduziu à morte? De maneira nenhuma! O pecado é que usou o que é bom para me conduzir à morte, a fim de que eu pudesse ver como o pecado realmente é. E assim, por meio do mandamento, o pecado se mostrou ainda mais terrível.
O conflito no homem
14 Nós sabemos que a lei é espiritual, mas eu não sou espiritual. O pecado me controla como se eu fosse seu escravo. 15 Eu não entendo aquilo que faço, porque não faço as coisas boas que quero fazer. Ao contrário, faço as coisas más que odeio fazer. 16 Se faço as coisas más que não quero fazer, concordo que a lei é boa. 17 Mas não sou eu que, de fato, faço o mal. É o pecado que vive em mim que o faz. 18 Sim, eu sei que nada de bom vive em mim, isto é, naquela parte de mim que é humana e pecadora. Eu quero fazer o que é bom, mas não faço. 19 Eu não faço as coisas boas que quero fazer. Ao contrário, faço as coisas más que não quero fazer. 20 E, se faço as coisas más que não quero fazer, já não sou eu quem as faz, mas o pecado que vive em mim.
21 Aprendi então esta regra: quando quero fazer o bem, o mal está presente em mim. 22 No meu ser interior, estou de acordo com a lei de Deus. 23 Mas vejo outra lei trabalhando no meu corpo. Ela batalha contra a lei que meu ser interior aprova. Essa outra lei que trabalha no meu corpo é a lei do pecado e ela me faz seu prisioneiro. 24 Que homem tão miserável que sou! Quem poderá me salvar deste corpo que me conduz para a morte? 25 Dou graças a Deus por meio de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo.
Assim, em minha mente, sou escravo da lei de Deus, mas naquela parte de mim que é humana e pecadora, sou escravo da lei do pecado.
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
Romans 7
English Standard Version
Released from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brothers[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For (A)a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[b] 3 Accordingly, (B)she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
4 Likewise, my brothers, (C)you also have died (D)to the law (E)through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, (F)in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (G)in our members (H)to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the (I)new way of (J)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[c]
The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (K)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (L)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, (M)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (N)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (O)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (P)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (Q)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (R)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (S)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (T)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 (U)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (V)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells (W)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 (X)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, (Y)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 (Z)I delight in the law of God, (AA)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (AB)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 (AC)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.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 4
- Romans 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband
- Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter
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